Life Threatening Illness in an Acute Care Setting

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This paper discusses how dealing with a life-threatening illness is a complex and an emotional process, often considered the most challenging and stressful event in an individual's life. By understanding how other people cope with life-threatening illnesses may help patients and their families prepare for or cope with illness. This essay reviews the phases an individual progresses through when facing illness and will present an overview of an acute health care setting for the terminal phases of illness. A review of the literature about dying in an acute setting helps delineate the limits of such a setting. The paper further discusses the role of the nursing profession and provides recommendations to improve the delivery of health care in an acute setting. Lastly, the paper presents the author's personal reason for exploring the topic.

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