Learning to Have Difficult Conversations With Your Patients | ThriveAP

Learning to Have Difficult Conversations With Your Patients The other day at work I informed an elderly patient and her family that unfortunately she had a large brain mass. At her age, treatment was not likely an option. The conversation was expectedly intense. When I left the room, one of the newer nurses in the ER approached me and asked “That was intense. Do they teach you to have conversations like that in school?”. Well, “No”, I responded. This got me to thinking. How did I learn to have..