Hospice Concepts for Patients and Families

Course overview

In your initial approach to patients facing the end of life and those patients families, it is critical that you introduce the hospice program in a way that enhances and honors their choices and diminishes fear. In this course, you will learn words and approaches that reflect compassion, knowledge, and sensitivity. Additionally, you will explore ways to initiate the discussion of hospice, manage fears and barriers, enhance communication, and paint a picture of hospice as a source of help and support. The goal of this course is to equip nurses in hospice and palliative care to be able to explain hospice to patients and families.