03 Eat Better, Start Better: the food and drink guidelines ** Portion sizes are typical example portion sizes for children aged one to five years and are not suitable for children under one year of age.
nurse on duty image by Pix by Marti from Fotolia.com. Hospice nurses play a vital role in the care of patients that are in the final stage of life. They may be generalists who deal with patients with a variety of different conditions, or they may specialize in specific areas such as oncology, geriatrics or pediatrics.1  What Education Is Needed to Be a Hospice Nurse?he hospice nurse will be responsible for pain management, keeping track of vital signs, patient care, crisis care and reporting vital information to the physician or other medical staff that is overseeing the patient's treatment.
1 Patient advocate: This role has been described as the most important of the nursing roles. 2  This role entails protecting the rights of the patient. 3  For instance, when a patient is sick, they are unable to act as they normally would. 4  Thus, it is the responsibility of the nurse to determine what a patient wants.ost people do not appreciate the real nature of the responsibilities of a nurse. In their eyes, nurses are those who merely administers a shot at the hospital. Others view them as doctors' assistants. Moreover, the media also projects a different image of what they really do.