The emotional terrains of palliative care

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The field requires the lines of professional boundaries to be blurred in order for nurses to build rapport and trust with their patients.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/01/10/the-emotional-terrain-of-palliative-care/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Nurse #Patient #Healthcare

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00:00 Palliative care is about making sure that patients, the family members, the caregivers

00:08 and whoever is involved with the care will be comfortable, will have good quality of

00:16 life.

00:17 The most important thing is for us to hear what is important to them, what is valuable

00:25 to them, preserve their dignity.

00:29 Home-based palliative care nurse Nadia's daily routine revolves around visiting and

00:33 providing care to different patients at their homes.

00:36 We do look after patients with cancer and other types of illnesses like kidney failure,

00:48 lung failure, nerve issues like motor neuron disease.

00:53 Her patients also include those with dementia and Parkinson's.

00:57 While some might find her job somewhat depressing, she embraces it with a unique perspective.

01:03 She considers herself not just a healthcare provider but a friend and companion to her

01:08 patients.

01:09 There will be a time that you feel very sad, there will be a time that you feel very satisfied

01:16 because when you go through the patient's suffering, their journey of life, their journey

01:22 of the illness and the family members.

01:25 At the same time, Nadia also leans on her colleagues to get through difficult cases.

01:31 We don't carry this burden alone because we have team members to support us at any time.

01:37 My organisation is giving us so much support in dealing with our emotion, in dealing with

01:45 the challenging cases that involve our emotion and feelings.

01:52 So I think that is how we have been coping for the past years.

01:58 Nur Amira Zamri, a palliative care nurse at a private hospital, finds solace in her unit's

02:04 debriefing sessions.

02:05 Then we will sit together and talk about it.

02:08 If we think we need to cry, then we cry.

02:11 Having to care for seriously ill patients and being by their side has taught Amira to

02:15 be more appreciative of life.

02:18 I always take that as a positive thing.

02:21 Always God wants me to have this to make me appreciate my family and friends more because

02:28 I have this time.

02:29 Given the nature of their jobs, Nadia hopes there will be more recognition for palliative

02:34 nurses like her.

02:36 We are not only the nurses, we are also the doctors, we are the pharmacists, we are also

02:41 the physiotherapists, social workers, we are the counsellors.

02:46 So we are doing so much.

02:48 But no one sees this as an important aspect in delivering care to the community.

02:58 Natasha Bust and Amira Huda, FMT News.

03:01 (upbeat music)

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