Decision Paralysis: When All the Patients’ Options Are “Bad Possibilities”
Ann Brady suggests a way to help patients who are asked to make a decision between two difficult options.
Communication Challenges
Communication Challenges
“The Blessed Event Occurred This Morning”: Counseling Patients on Good Bowel Management
A jovial message from a patient confirmed the value of counseling patients taking opioids for cancer pain on good BM practices.
Fernweh: Understanding Cancer Patients’ Longing for What They Will Miss
Patients with cancer will eventually have to cope with unique feelings of loss. The loss of their future life plans. Fernweh, a German that means farsickness, may explain those feelings.
Hocus Pocus: Perspective on Noncompliance
The term noncompliant assumes in part that the patient has accepted the premise of what they are instructed to comply with.
“I Used My Courage”: A Strategy for Facing Internal Challenges to Nursing Practice
Nursing takes courage. Sometimes that courage is needed to respond to a difficult patient or case; other times it is needed to respond to your own reactions and needs.
Guide Dogs and White Canes: Navigating Patients, Families Through Cancer at Their Pace
A reflection on how nurses guide patients and their families through the cancer journey.
Mentoring 101: The Importance of Supporting New Nurses
Nurses need to rethink their attitude toward those who are new to the profession, lead with compassion, and share their knowledge gained through experience.
‘Are We There Yet? How Much Longer?’: Deciphering Patients’ Persistent Questions
How do you answer when the patient or family asks, “What is next?” More importantly, though, you need to recognize if they are asking that question, or is there something else they are really asking.
How Keep/Stop/Start Analysis Can Improve Nursing Practice
This simple framework for communicating can be adapted to fit each situation, regardless of it being a nurse-to-patient or a nurse-to-nurse setting.
Too Much Information: When Prognosis Breaks Down Patient Communications
Overwhelmed by her poor prognosis, a patient with a newly diagnosed advanced cancer cuts off communicating with her health care team.
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