Theme: Advance Care Planning

Initiating hard conversations: “Sometimes we have to put it out there.”

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Initiating hard conversations: “Sometimes we have to put it out there.”

A certified hospice and palliative pediatric nurse speaks about how she initiates hard conversations with parents: “Sometimes we have to put it out there. I always give a warning shot. … I push people a lot in that I have the tough conversations but I also try to know when to push it where they don’t feel betrayed or like I’m forcing information down their throat. With home care, you see parents in the Up and Down.”