"The nurses take care of around three patients each, which isn't easy. They chat with the patients as much as possible, but the nurses need to relax and readjust sometimes too," says Wu Wen-chin, ex-director of nursing at Mackay Memorial Hospital. Nurses are sworn to curing people, but at a hospice they know that the patients are steadily deteriorating.
「現在大約一個護士照料三個病人，我們會儘量和病人聊天，但是護士也需要調適心態」，吳文津說，我們受的教育和發的誓言，都是要救人，但是在安寧病房，你知道病人是日漸走下坡、不太可能會好。