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.
Hospice care also involves assistance for patientsâ families to help them cope with what is happening and provide care and support to keep the patient at home.ospice Care is growing bigger and bigger every year. Hospice plays an important role in reducing Medicare costs. Over the past 20â30 years 27-30% of Medicare's total budget was spent on individuals in their last year of life.