Title: Provide emotional support for patients/clients and their families.
Course: Patient Care Technician (14051-III) > Section: Demonstrating Medical Procedures and Patient Care and Comfort Measures

Provision should include

- coping mechanisms for patients/clients and families dealing with grief, death, and dying
- care related to the special-needs patient/client (e.g., physically, sensory, cognitively, and/or mentally impaired)
- one-on-one care for patients who are at risk of suicide.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the appropriate action when a patient/client communicates a desire for death?
- What resources are available to provide support for clients of different religious or cultural backgrounds?
- What is the PCT’s role in supporting the client and their families in a healthcare crisis?