Weblanguage can be applied to families receiving pediatric palliative care. Examples from three child patients illustrate this issue’s theme of glimmers of hope. Two of my greatest. Webpediatric palliative and hospice care focuses on enhancing quality of life for the child and family, preventing and minimizing suffering, optimizing function, and providing. Webto address this deficit, an interdisciplinary collaborative of pediatric palliative care and hospice physicians, advanced practice health care professionals, and nurses. Webnurses form trusting relationships with pediatric oncology patients and their families and are in a position to advocate for best palliative care practices as disease progresses to. Webduring a time when families are stressed and looking for guidance, hospice nurses report feeling uncomfortable, unprepared, and sometimes unwilling to care for.
