While on placement with a district nurse I visited a patient who was terminally ill. She had a malignant tumour in her lung and metastases in her brain causing pressure and intense headaches. She was on a syringe driver and analgesia for the episodes of intense pain so had regular visits from the nursing team for drug administration and general support.
Nursing Standard. 18, 27, 20-20. doi: 10.7748/ns.18.27.20.s35
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