Running head: HOSPICE CARE 1 Hospice Care Student Name: Course Name: Professor Name: Date: HOSPICE CARE 2 Hospice care is an essential resource for any individual living with serious illness, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, Parkinson’s disease, and dementia. This care is essential at any stage of illness and is best provided at the point of diagnosis. Hospices provide care for terminally ill patients in nursing homes, acute health care facilities, assisted living facilities, hospice residents and even in their own homes. In addition to improving the quality of life, hospice care strives to help the patients understand the most suitable choices of treatment. Nursing care is an essential parameter that requires close attention and continuous intervention in hospice care. Nurses are the most vital group of healthcare services providers across the globe. Registered Nurses improve the health of individual patients and populations. In any healthcare system, nurses provide ultimate value for the healthcare system when they work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals such as physicians and surgeons. While nursing form an essential part of hospice care, the shortage of nurses is becoming a red flag especially with the growing demand for healthcare. For example, the United States is projected to experience a shortage of Registered Nurses (Snavely, 2016). This deficiency is expected to intensify as health demand grows and the population ...
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