Schim Stephanie Myers, Cullen Bernadette
College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Nurs Clin North Am. 2005 Jun;40(2):281-94. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2004.09.006.
Nurses are in a unique and privileged position with regard to both end-of-life care and wound care. Expert wound care can greatly contribute to the relief of physiologic stress on the human organism and psychosocial and physical distress at the end of life. Using what is known from both domains,nurses apply critical thinking to assist patients, families, and other caregivers in maintaining the maximum possible integrity of the physical body of the dying person. The manner in which nurses approach wound care with dying patients and the ability to preserve patient dignity and family respect while doing necessary palliative interventions also can serve the healing of emotional wounds in the dying process.
在临终关怀和伤口护理方面，护士处于独特且享有特权的地位。专业的伤口护理对于缓解人体生理压力以及临终时的心理社会和身体痛苦能起到极大作用。护士运用这两个领域的知识，进行批判性思考，以协助患者、家属及其他护理人员尽可能维持临终者身体的最大完整性。护士在为临终患者提供伤口护理时所采用的方式，以及在进行必要的姑息治疗干预时维护患者尊严和尊重家属的能力，也有助于在临终过程中治愈情感创伤。
