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: Palliative Care Nursing for Today's Nurse Reid Takeuchi NURS 351: Professional Nursing Issues and Trends Ms. Nancy Moser Date Submitted: 5 November, 2005 Introduction About five years ago, my grandfather was admitted to the hospital after having suffered a massive stroke. My family was told that the stroke had severely damaged the base of his brain; and even if he recovered, he would be a "vegetable." As a result, he required intensive nursing care around the clock. It was understood that he had a living will and wanted no heroic measures to be performed in the event that he were to code. The doctor was not able to determine how much longer my grandpa would have, so we waited and visited him everyday. Each day we could see his condition deteriorating more and more. It did not seem as though he was receiving any sort of comfort care at all. He was repositioned frequently to...

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