Hospice nurses carry a big role in having to be there for patients emotionally and physically. This could be very overwhelming for a nurse, as they must connect with a patient and must see them go.

Believe it or not, hospice nurses make the biggest impact on taking care of patients and dealing with their family changing their mind set in a more positive way.

Learn more on how a day in a life of a hospice nurse is.

Providing direct comfort care in every way

Many nurses have a different role every day, some may be RNs and work in many things inside of the hospitals while others can be in a facility.

Every nurse has many responsibilities throughout their day. They must give medications, check vitals, give wound care and much more.

There are different roles of a nurse such as:

Admission nurse: an admissions nurse gives the first information to a hospice patient and their family. They oversee taking care of the admission process and evaluating the patients’ needs

Visit nurse: a visit nurse are the ones in charge of having and giving the patient a daily routine. They give patients their daily medications, go to walks, and protect wounds.

Triage nurse:  is an on-call nurse. This type of nurse helps patients when they have an emergency. They work amongst with the other nurse to help immediate care.

What do Sahara Houston hospice nurses do for patients?

Our Sahara Houston Hospice nurse are in charge of providing any kind of help and support. Although each may have their own role, they all work together to keep the patient as comfortable as possible. Their overall main goal is to give a patient comfort care and a good living experience.

A daily role for a hospice nurse is to monitor vitals. checking up on a patient’s vitals multiple time a day is important to secure any medical issues. Giving patients medication is another important part of a nurse. They must administer medication and are responsible for giving the proper dosage for the patient.

Helping manage a patient’s pain is another role they help with. Giving patients treatment for comfort is important. Nurses want their patients to have the proper comfort care they need.

Of course, they’re most important role is making patients feel comfortable. They are there to make a patient’s life easier and better. Even though there is no cure to a hospice patient there is a cure to the mind. Hospice nurses help create better memories and better way of thinking to male their end-of-life experience good one.

A hospice nurse creates such a deep connection with hospice patients and family members. A hospice nurse also has emotional and deals with of a lot of unfortunate events of seeing their patients go.

Appreciating our nurses for all the hard work they have done for keeping everyone sane in this hardship battle hospice patients face.

For more information regarding hospice care, reach out to us at your preferred time.

SAHARA HOSPICE CARE
140 Eldridge Rd Suite B 1, Sugar Land, TX 77478
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