She can also help you find ways to handle problems involving housing, insurance, family, etc. It really helps to air your concerns and feelings, so do take advantage of this service. As your confidence grows, you may want to assume more responsibility for your loved one's care. The nurses may let you help in many ways, but there are things you will not be allowed to do because they must be done by trained, licensed personnel. Some of the ways in which you may be allowed to participate in the daily routine care are bathing him, seeing that oral medications are taken on time, or changing bedclothes.
Some families keep a diary or a record of daily blood counts and medications given.
Ask the nurse what you can do to help. Also, you know the patient better than anyone else does and can give the nurses tips on this likes and dislikes. There is no set guideline on how much you need do or know. This hospitalization, however, will be easier to cope with if the patient, the family and the mother members of the health care team can work together and understand each other. Take each day as it comes.