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Agitation at the end of life: how to deal with distressing deaths
Advice for nurses on spotting and managing terminal agitation symptoms, supporting families, and coping following a difficult patient death
Advice for nurses on spotting and managing terminal agitation symptoms, supporting families, and coping following a difficult patient death
- Terminal agitation is common at the end of life, with a wide range of symptoms that can be distressing to witness
- Tips for addressing symptoms that may be reversible, enabling patients to have a better end of life
- Spotting symptoms, how to support families caring for loved ones at the end of life, and how to access the support you may need
Terminal agitation is a palliative symptom that patients sometimes experience as they enter the last days and hours of their life, and which can leave nurses feeling distressed, according to
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