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.
The foremost role of the nurse in disease management is to act as a change agent. The current emphasis of delivering health care to those who seek it on an individual basis needs to be switched instead to a focus of engaging chronic illnesses from a population-based perspective. am a nurse with 35 years experience. I have worked in many fields of nursing. In the past, I have worked med surg,nursing homes, corrections, pediatrics and school nursing. Currently, I am employed at a drug and alcohol rehab with over 10 years of employment there.