[Answered]: In your experiences as a nurse, have you had to…

In your experiences as a nurse, have you had to tell a patient or a family member that the patient is nearing the end of their life? What was that experience like? Physiologically how do you know the patient is nearing the end of their life? What do you see as the role of nurses in caring for the dying and in helping their families understand the dying process? How would you deal with a situation where you feel the patient is comfortable, but the family does not and is requesting more medication or considering physician-assisted death?