Esaay OnPlanning for end of life: Advance Care Planning,

Running Head: NURS1137 PALLIATIVE CARE     1
NURS1137 PALLIATIVE CARE        7
END OF LIFE CARE PLANNING
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
The Background: Nursing Perspectives    3
Potential Challenges    5
Recommendations    6
Conclusion    8
References    9
Introduction
    In the context of modern healthcare, advanced level of care interventions and structured around the needs and expectations of the diverse population. In fact, there are many aspects for this development of care model especially when a particular age group is targeted (Rhee et al, 2020). End of life care planning and conceptual framework of palliative care is one of the methods through which, care planning is processed at an early stage to ensure that hassle free care services are delivered to the individuals. Nursing professionals have to play crucial role in the process of planning and execution of the care objectives related to the end-of-life care. The following is the analysis of the various dimensions as well as potential barriers and their resolutions in the light of the palliative care framework adhered across Australian healthcare sector.
The Background: Nursing Perspectives
    At first, it is significant to investigate through the procedural objectives of end of life care planning and how it works for the alleviation of the care services expected on behalf of the individuals seeking it (Dixon & Knapp, 2018). End of life care is patient centred approach in which, the needs and anticipations of the patient are understood, valued and respected beforehand. This planning is initiated at the time of first assessment of the patient appearing in the healthcare setting. When it comes to narrow down the subject to the roles that nurses have to play in the process of end-of-life care planning, they deal with various aspects of the palliative care ranging from the diverse needs of the patients to the family issues. They need to keep their best professional approach in practice as well because at times, end of life care planning involves extreme conditions at ethical level.
    Moreover, what makes the role of nursing professionals crucial one is the fact that they work as the functional mediums between the care service, patients and their families (Rhee et al, 2020). Thus, it is implied that all types of ethical and legal issues are to be addressed on their behalf. With the best of their potential, they are expected to carry out the care objectives since from the time of prognosis to the final execution of the end of life care planning. The strategic thinking here has wide range of possibilities; the patients offering end of life care have their wishes, preferences and understanding of the symptoms linked to impending death. However, in the cases where this knowledge is hardly present, nursing professionals are expected to work as the convenors of information (Morrison, 2018). They have to decide the best mode of informing the patients and their families about the appropriate time of selecting the end of life care options.
    Further, there are specific guidelines and expectations that nursing professionals are expected to carry out in their professional practices when they have to structure end of life care planning (Odgers et al, 2018). The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board emphasizes that the nurses should gain trust of the patients and the families by addressing their concerns to the best of their professional capacity. Building this trust level is significant because end of life care planning is a complicated process and it requires the patients and their families to have faith n the procedural outcomes of the care service provided to them. At any given point of time, this planning should not have phases that violate the dignity and individuality of the patient.
    As mentioned earlier, end of life care planning is something that has more than one aspect to be addressed in nursing practices; every planning in this context should serve as the exemplary reference to be made to the other individuals seeking similar help in planning their end of life care (Rhee et al, 2020). The first concern here is to prioritize the general needs and then, specify the personal preferences of the patients with regard to the end of life care. This implies integration of the professionalism with keeping the wishes and choices of the patient in line of work.
    Comfort, in the context of the above—or it can be addressed as the management of pain—is another crucial aspect of the end of life care options given to the patients. At times, it has been perceived that pain management serves as a complication in the process of managing the end of life care needs. Managing the pain through prescribed treatment option is a typical job which nursing professionals have to handle (Jabbarian et al, 2018). This also keeps them actively engaged in the healthcare service delivery with holistic model of care in approach.
Potential Challenges
    Based on the observations made above, the investigation of the end of life care is one of the most challenging factors...