The necessity for teachers to be aware of the palliative care needs of students

What is it about?

The necessity for teachers to be aware of the palliative care needs of students In 2014, the World Health Assembly's resolution appraised PC as a component of comprehensive care during life and considered accessibility to it as an ethical responsibility in which children are not exceptions To provide pediatric palliative care appropriately, we should notice specific factors about this population, such as the process of development and growth of the child, the child's perception of the disease, the psychological burden as a result of hospitalization and communication with health care professionals, comparison with healthy coevals and the feeling of being different from them, dependence on adults in addition to economical, psychological, social, and emotional effects of the child's sickness on family, and the feeling of needing help in children compared to adults. In addition, we should consider specific challenges in students with chronic diseases in providing palliative care), challenges including emotions such as feeling of rejection, worry, resentment, hopelessness, and anger; disease exacerbation symptoms that lead to frequent absences, sleep disorders, and fatigue caused by it the next morning, as well as side effects of medications, are important for teachers to be aware of Adequate knowledge and a positive attitude toward students diagnosed with chronic diseases, students with disabilities, and/or special needs are crucial for schoolteachers.

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Why is it important?

It has been suggested that school nurses attempt to increase the schoolteachers' knowledge about the condition or illness of students living under such circumstances, so that the main goal of PC becomes more achievable

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