Nursing Care in the Final Hours of Life

Assess the physical signs of disease progression indicative of approaching death, and name at least three common signs and symptoms

Assess the psychosocial and spiritual-existential factors which impact a patient's and family's experience of approaching death, and state the potential impact on the dying process

Facilitate physical, psychosocial, and spiritual comfort through nursing interventions during the final hours of life, and give an example which includes at least three holistic interventions