For this week’s personal journal, I have decided to reflect on the article titled The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing (Ferrel & Coyle 2008). In this article, the authors discussed suffering and its effect on individuals at the later stages of their life. This article did a great job at explaining the toll suffering can take on patients as well as the role of the nurse in alleviating this suffering. It helped me, as a nursing student, recognize the importance of the future role I will have on patients and their comfort. The topics that they discussed such as the opening story regarding the mother/daughter teatime helped me envision what I would do in a situation similar to it. I enjoyed that the message that the article focused
