I am a nursing student but I thought this was more of a general question that any new nurse may have. I was going to post it under "Hospice" but my rotation will be focused in a facility that deals with more acute situations. Here we have the "palliative care program", which consists of specialized palliative units attached to large teaching hospitals. They are a very family centred focused, have a holistic approach to care and they deal with all terminally ill patients of all ages. We do have a couple of hospices in the city as well but I was not assigned to this.
I was curious as to what palliative care was like in other places and if someone could give me advice going into this area as a novice nurse who has never experienced death or the dying process yet.
