Home health and Hospice care is different. A home health care service is given at a patient’s home because of illness or injury. It is less expensive, convenient, and more effective. Hospice care is a care that focuses on palliation of chronically or terminally ill patients. It provides patient pain and symptoms relief, while attending to their emotional and spiritual needs.

The simulation opened my eyes on how to deal with patients in home health and hospice care. At first I was having a challenge because a patient can be so difficult and hard to deal with, but we have to work and be an advocate for the patient. They can be non-compliance with their treatment regimen, but educating them is the best way for them to comply. As nurses,