Breaking Bad News to Cancer Patients; Role of an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Kausar Karim*
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Periodicity:August - October'2021
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.11.3.17673

Abstract

Disclosing a bad news to a patient is one of the hardest challenge that a healthcare provider faces in their practice. An inappropriate way of delivering bad news to a patient could have a huge influence on their perception about the continuation of their medical treatment. An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) is a key member of an interdisciplinary team who is involved in breaking bad news to patients. Therefore, it is an important duty of an APRN to follow a proper protocol for disclosing such news to patients. Several models such as the ABCDE model is for the purpose of delivering bad news and the SPIKES model, serves as a framework for establishing a therapeutic relationship between patient and health professional.

Keywords

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), ABCDE, SPIKES, Breaking Bad News, Health Care Professional.

How to Cite this Article?

Karim, K. (2021). Breaking Bad News to Cancer Patients; Role of an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. i-manager's Journal on Nursing, 11(3), 41-43. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.11.3.17673

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