I would say think of things to engage them...for example if you teaching on diabetes..don't start the lecture with power points and facts...ask them if they know anyone who is a diabetic...what is...
take the job! I think Hospice is the total package of how every patient should be treated! there is a team effort to giving the very best care and everyone contributes...dietary, PT, OT, nursing,...
Your patient is going to die regardless and it is much better for him to be comfortable than to have a miserable death. It is a catch 22 because we know the medicine may help speed up the dying...