Chapter 25 Case Study
1.A client has been diagnosed with end stage melanoma. Describe
how the hospice nurse can care for this clients physical needs?
The nurse cares for the clients physiological needs associated
with the medical diagnosis and symptoms.
2.Describe psychosocial care that a hospice nurse can
render.
Psychosocial comfort needs relate to the internal awareness of
oneself including esteem, concept, sexuality, and meaning in ones
life. The nurse have has an opportunity to include these concepts
in the care plan.
3.The clients wife tells the nurse that her husband will not
take his pain medication because he does not want to be out of
it.
The nurse can encourage the client to take enough pain
medication to dull the pain and stay alert.
4.The clients children have expressed an overwhelming sorrow
about their fathers terminal diagnosis. They want to help the
client but do not know how. What can the nurse do to encourage more
family involvement?
The nurse can encourage the children to have an honest
conversation with their father. The children can help the father in
a number of ways that can provide comfort from spending time with
the client to cooking foods that he loves.
