Three Important Values In Nursing

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a recent "NurseWeek" article (see bibliography), Deepa Arora discussed the issue of instilling hope in patients with ALS or 'Lou Gehrig's Disease'. This disease, although it is fatal and causes ongoing deterioration of the body's ability to move, leaves the mind completely alert and does not affect intellectual function.
This article includes a quote from Ileane Mindel, RN, home liaison for the Les Turner ALS Foundation in Skokie, Ill. "It's not enough just to help ALS patients with their symptoms. The pain that patients experience, from being unable to do such things as putting their arms around their loved ones or kissing them, is devastating and much harder to treat."
If only physical aspects of health were attended to, patients would be forced to cope with unbearable emotional strain, especially when the patient has little or no family support. To neglect this aspect of nursing would, therefore, be detrimental to the patient and would have to be considered ...

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