Living Old Analysis

A foreseen problem with DNR’s is whether to treat the patient or not. I feel that patients with DNR orders deserve treatment. The emphasis of treatment is a shift from the traditional lifesaving efforts to a treatment of palliative care, Hospice. In other words, a humane and dignified way of approaching the impending cessation of life. As a nurse working on an oncology and renal unit, I encounter patients in different stages of acuity.

Doctors and nurses will work together visioning the patient wellbeing and fully recovery. Long- Term acute care- It is an illness that has been controlled and an apt nurse is needed to take care of patient’s symptoms and needs. This type of care not only requires a skilled professional, but a life support that the individual might need because of his/ her mental and/or physical impairment.

In the field of nursing practice nurses frequently experience situations which encourage them to think about ethical and legal aspects to make decisions. In this case study author will examine different ethical principles and legal possibilities which could be applied to make decision. In this case, a nurse is suffering from debilitating motor neuron disease. She realise that disease is progressive and in short time she will be in last stage of disease. She is worried about emotional and financial effects of disease on her family.

Problem Identification The extent and impact that Staff Shortage has on administration are: balancing quality and safety with efficiency, providing everyone with access to basic medical care, prescription shortage and building and sustaining the workforce needed for the future. According to the Department of Labor staff shortage in the healthcare industry will reach crisis levels within the next decade. It’s time now to reinvent the wheel in healthcare systems.

A Good Death: Patient Wishes Regarding End of Life Care Death is an inevitable part of life that affects every person differently. Even with modern technology and advancements in medicine, many people still experience a prolonged death, sometimes against their wishes (Tong et al., 2003). According to Wilson et al. (2009), there has been increasing concern for people to have a “good death”, primarily in part because of the expansion of the palliative care and hospice movement.

Encouraging the family members to be more involved in the care and to stay with the patient to prevent restraints is beneficial in keeping

SDLA 4: Activity 1 Palliative care continues to evolve in providing better end-of-life care and so does nursing care. Thus, nursing practice is enhanced to satisfy the demand of the palliative care. A nurse provides complex care and fulfils the needs of the patients. Nursing involves in caring work, which focus on patient experiencing agony in palliative and haematological cancer care. Nurses worked in a taxing environment, that can be highly stressful, and often they experience physical, psychological and spiritual exhaustion.

For them to have someone to talk to, to get things off their chest and to help heal themselves. Registered midwives and nurse practitioners will be working in the wellness center area where clients can go in and get answers of their health. The midwives will be assigned to pregnant clients that are soon to be a mother.

Being an experienced nurse at the bedside in critical care unit it is my responsibility to ensure that high acuity and critically ill veteran’s and their families receive optimal care. My experience helps me to practice in settings where patients require complex assessment, high intensity therapies and interventions and continuous nursing vigilance. Critical illness can have huge impact on patient’s life both physically and emotionally. Fear, isolation and loss of control.

Mental health illnesses affect the client and his/her family/caregiver (Eichhorn, n.d.). The stress of caring for loved ones with mental health issues can very stressful and overwhelming for the family/caregiver. We offer support for the caregivers to help them learn to cope and handle the stress of taking care of their family member. Many of these clients have problems staying on their medication (Eichhorn, n.d.). It is important for the family/caregiver to understand the importance of the client to stay on their medication.

Risk for Infection Next, by implementing the VAP bundle, it did help to prevent further decline. All aspects of the bundle should be continued; the Heparin, sequential compression devices, oral care, Pepcid, and all other bundle activities. Having the head of the bed up was essential to prevent VAP, but it did end up making her body move to the foot of the bed. Pillows were used to help keep her further up and off the side of the bed.

As human beings one of the things we feel we never have enough of is time. Well what if there was a way to acquire more time by prolonging your own life? The answer to this question is what author Susan McCarthy discusses in her essay “On Immortality.” McCarthy uses several types of appeals to persuade her audience that prolonging human life poses many different complications and moral questions that have yet to be answered. One of the most effective appeals that she uses in her essay is logical appeals because they are based on things such as human evolution and facts.

According to a study, 95% of Iraq veterans experience some kind of stress caused by war experiences (PTSD VA, 1). This stress can vary immensely. Vets can experience pain if they see any reminders of the war. The slightest reminder can cause severe pain. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the dysregulation of body and brain chemistry.