One solution of this issue can be that the closest most guardians is given the permission and right to take the decision about the life of the patient who is not able to communicate or express his wish. The guardian who should be responsible to tak Continue Reading...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Background/Definition/Epidemiology Humans have a natural response to survival, stress and fear. Such responses enable an individual to pursue pertinent objectives and respond accordingly to the presence of danger. The ' Continue Reading...
Wit A made-for-television movie, Wit addresses issues related to terminal illness, death, and dying. Emma Thompson plays Vivian Bearing, a professor of literature enraptured with erudite poetry like that of John Donne. When she is diagnosed with ova Continue Reading...
Biomedical Ethics The case of Dr. Nancy Morrison and Mr. Mills is an important one, as it forces the legal system to tackle the question of Euthanasia and end of life care. The important questions raised by this case are what is the extent of a doct Continue Reading...
That is to say that relationships are considered above and beyond medical reasoning. "Futility would not be measured by the medical effect on the patient but by the effect on social relationships" (2000, p. 140). This means that even if a physician Continue Reading...
Policy, Politics and Global Trends in Health Sector Why the Public Policy Issue Was Chosen? According to the report released by National Priorities and Goals -- aligning efforts meant to transform America's Health care (NQF, 2009; Partnership, 2008 Continue Reading...
Leininger's Transcultural Theory and the Health Belief Model: A Synthetic Approach to the Problem of Geriatric Care Geriatric care is a challenge in most ERs today because this is where geriatrics expect to receive regular treatment. Making this cha Continue Reading...
nursing research findings into clinical practice. Nociceptive Pain at the end of life Conduct a Medline/PubMed & CINAHL search to identify 2 (two) PRIMARY SOURCE research articles that were published within the last 5 years that are not cited Continue Reading...
Nurses can frame a personalized clinical plan accordingly. The plan can empower the patient as well as his nurse. By using a family-centered model approach, the nurse can collaborate closely with the patient's family, who knows his temperament bette Continue Reading...
Policy, Politics and Global Trends in Health Sector The goal of this policy paper is to provide the strategy to align effort transforming the health healthcare in the United States. The policy brief is also to improve the quality of healthcare deliv Continue Reading...
New Brunswick Extra Brunswick Program Evaluation Proposal New Brunswick Extra-Mural Program Evaluation Proposal The New Brunswick EMP (Extra Mural Program) works under the aegis and supervision of RHAs (Regional Health Authorities) to bring health Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership and Management Organizational Analysis -- The Organization The hospital is well recognized and has been named a top 100 Heart hospital and top 100 hospitals nationally. The organization also has a nationally ranked children's Continue Reading...
Banner Health in a non-profit based in Phoenix, Arizona with Peter Fine as the president. They serve as a nonprofit, existing to offer health care services to the community, instead of placing emphasis on generating profits. That means that each doll Continue Reading...
Physician-Assisted Death Importance of Physician Assisted Deaths My Ethical Position on Physician Assisted Deaths as a Nurse The Legal Risks for Nurses The Opposing View Summary of Arguments in Favor of My Position Importance of Physician-Assis Continue Reading...
e., males and females per nurse specialty). Variables & Measures Variables for the study are as follows: workload management, work environment, burnout rate, and job satisfaction. In addition to these variables, instruments gauging the level of Continue Reading...
care in the situation of Mr. and Mrs. P would be holistic in nature, grounded in a philosophy of caring. There are serious existential issues at stake, as Mr. P has wondered why God has not "taken him" already, while Mrs. P may be suffering from dep Continue Reading...
Quality Development in Advanced Practice field knowledge in nursing: Proposal on Enhancing the dental health of children suffering Congenital Heart Disease One of the most prevalent development abnormalities found in children is heart disease, and i Continue Reading...
Inductive and Deductive Analysis: Differences Thick Description in Text Analysis The concept of thick description, advanced by Gilbert Ryle and popularized in the fields of sociology and anthropology by Clifford Geertz, is used to characterize the Continue Reading...
Patient Perceptions of Participation in Treatment Several studies have revealed that patients generally prefer to learn everything they can about their illness and the proposed treatment plan, and even have some control during the planning stage (r Continue Reading...
Alzheimer's Disease The author of this report has been asked to lay out a "well-orchestrated" approach to treating someone that is living with Alzheimer's disease. As would be the case with many to most disorders, there are both lifestyle measures a Continue Reading...
Geriatric Diagnosis The author of this report has been asked to assess the medical condition and prognosis for John Smith. John is a sixty-eight years old and has a pretty good array of medical problems. He has had psoriasis for more than a generati Continue Reading...
Ethics in EOL Decisions Finding Common Ground in EOL Care Decisions Churchill (2014) presents to readers a case study to highlight some of the ethical and moral issues that will occur during end-of-life (EOL) decisions. The case study is not a fact Continue Reading...
It is also important to distinguish between the subjective or personal view of quality of life and the professional's objective evaluation of the health status of individuals (Tyrrell et al., 2005, p. 375). With regard to the patient's quality of l Continue Reading...
Health Promotion Plan Health Promotion in Hospice The use of Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory as the framework for the health promotion plan, for improving depressive symptoms among hospice patients (Nursing Theories, 2012), is appropriate and cons Continue Reading...
A patient can rescind a request at any time and in any manner. The attending physician will also offer the patient an opportunity to rescind his/her request at the end of the 15-day waiting period following the initial request to participate. (Orego Continue Reading...
Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) in Home-Based Care Introduction UNAIDS HIV/AIDS statistics indicate that while HIV/AIDS morbidity has declined, the prevalence of AIDs has increased over the decades with 37 Million people living with HIV/A Continue Reading...
Provider Education for Chronic Pain Management Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the largest healthcare provider in the United States and one of the largest in the world. In fact, fully half of the physicians in the United States rec Continue Reading...
" (South Australia, p. 8) This demonstrates the balance which is necessary in protecting the rights of the patient and simultaneously ensuring that physicians have the freedom necessary to perform to the best of their abilities. In a respect, this Continue Reading...
Assisted Suicide The ethical and moral issues surrounding assisted suicide are presented in this paper through interviews and research. Assisted suicide has always been a controversial subject and it continues to be controversial although there are Continue Reading...
Letter to Congressman Udall Business Senator Mark Udall Western Slope Office 400 Rood Ave. Suite Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 Good day Senator Mark Udall, Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. The subject of this letter is the P Continue Reading...
Cancer nurses with sufficient knowledge of the biological basis of these therapies would be better equipped to deal with the practical clinical implications and provide better symptoms management. The technical understanding of the nurses is also cr Continue Reading...
As the narrow policy discussions regarding Physician-Assisted Suicide continue, we ought to encourage all presently existing and legal methods of reducing the painful sufferings during the last phase of life. References Drickamer, Margaret, a; Lee Continue Reading...
By definition, this means that sicker patients receive more attention from staff than less sick patients. By contrast, hospice patients all receive much more similar attention. Whereas the medical treatments provided by hospitals are often complica Continue Reading...
, p. 842) As our research shows, and as St. Leo's core values demonstrate, a great deal of Personal Development is required to face the difficult decisions that are implied by end-of-life planning. With this personal development, growth and maturati Continue Reading...
Women's Health -- Focused on prevention and care for breast health, mammography, etc. Transplant Programs - Swedish is one of seven kidney transplant centers and one of just four liver transplant centers serving the entire Pacific Northwest. The O Continue Reading...
resuscitate orders and living wills (also known as "advance directives"). Specifically, it will discuss the ethics of these orders, and how they relate to medical law and professional ethics. Living wills and do not resuscitate orders (DNR) are comm Continue Reading...
