Question

1. Discuss diverse cultural, religious and spiritual factors underpinning the person’s choices at end-of-life using appropriate examples. How is this understanding vital in providing nursing care?
2. Discuss common non-pharmaceutical and complementary care in pain management for a patient receiving palliative care or end of life care using examples.

Answer 1

Spiritual practice, including religion, may become more important to someone as they approach the end of their life. Spiritual needs are connected to physical, emotional and social needs too. ... Spiritual assessment and care are therefore very important when caring for someone with a terminal illness.

According to new research study, doctors of different religions or non religious doctors take more speedy desicions which may lead to death e.g for any catholic, muslim or hindu doc. even patient will feel relax if he/she is being operated by doc of same religion, also there will be some closeness in heart of doc. If pt. Is of same religion

Culture plays different roles at end of life, as it include believe which varies from culture to culture, as some culture believe that, death is more bearable than life if they believe in life after death

All such information play necessary and vital role in nursiystaff activity, as if they know how people of any religion behave, their nature , way & language of talk, will relax the patient if it's familiar to them which well definitely relive psychological stress from mind of patient.

Various non pharmaceutical pain management methods includes:-

Massage

Positioning

Hot & cold treatment

By the help of electrical measures

Accupunture

Progressive muscle relaxation

Along with this, several complimentary care mechanism includes psychological relief that may be made by various means like by the help of some source of entertainment

By some religious strong believes, by various cultural means, as they know and have strong belief in process, that higher percentage of their problem is relieved.

By keeping person engaged in some conversation, he/she may forget about the pain they are suffering from,

By engaging yourself in the work,.

These are some of examples of complimentary care for pain