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Reflection Paper On Wit

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Wit is a movie about a woman named Vivian Bearing, who is diagnosed with end stage metastatic ovarian cancer. It is the story of her treatment from beginning to end after being diagnosed, the viewing of how she is treated by different healthcare professionals and her thoughts through it all. Throughout this movie there were many end of life concepts provided, however I chose patient safety and advanced directive to discuss. This movie brought many aspect of nursing to life and lessons on how, we as nurses should treat and act towards our patients. When the information was relayed to Vivian, the process was said to be “insidious” and the doctor didn’t really show much empathy for her or the fearsome news that he had just delivered to her (Wit, …show more content…

During the initial examination between the doctor and Vivian, the doctor had realized that she was an old English professor of his and he addressed her properly. He then begin to gather a patient history and ask several questions, where he then gave no real time for emotion or anything more than a yes or no answer. He was very straight to the point as he asked closed ended questions with little to no concern for the actual answer. He was quite blunt when preparing her for the exam and didn 't provide an explanation or preview for what the exam was expected to be. He was very obviously nervous and came off as he either didn’t know what he
END OF LIFE 3 was doing to the fullest or he was so nervous and uncomfortable that he completely forgot what he was suppose to do. In return making the her very uncomfortable and irritated with him. For patient safety in this concept, the doctor had forgotten that he needed the nurse in with him during this examination and left the room to find her while he left Vivian in the stirrups in a very uncomfortable position and very exposed. The doctor should have relieved her from the

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