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Nursing the terminally ill. Being with people in difficult times
1University of Southern Maine, Department of Human Resource Development, Gorham 04038, USA. stevens@usm.maine.edu
Home Healthcare Nurse
|April 4, 2000
Abstract:
There are many impediments to being present and actively listening to people in difficult times. The authors discuss numerous suggestions nurses can use to "be" with patients experiencing a life-threatening or terminal illness. Methods such as eliminating external intrusions, using meditative practices, and ways to create a therapeutic milieu are presented to help the nurse understand how to listen to and be with patients.