Advance Directives Case Study
Hi Kim, I agree with you that nurses need to discuss advance directives with their patients and provide the information that is needed. The nurse also needs to be prepared to discuss the advance directive with family members if the patient decides to include them in the decision making of an advance directive, when adding family member to the conversation the nurse will need to provide more time to answer the family member’s questions and concerns.
Hi Sandra, sometimes the hospital is where the education occurs because of an emergency or because the patient has chosen not to made a decision on an advance directive earlier. I find this makes it harder for the family when something goes wrong, because they are left with making the decisions
and when you have family members that cannot agree on what medical decisions should be made, this causes even more tension in a situation that is already intensified. I feel if people really understood the problems that are caused by not having an advance directive; more people would have an advance directive in place.
Responses to week 7.2
Hi Tanya, I tried to educate the nurses on the proper way to deal with each situation, and just because someone is properly educated or trained on how to handle a situation they still may choose not to handle it correctly. As far as to what management did to handle the situation, I do not know because I was not involved in the meeting, I cannot tell you if management provided the proper training or not.
Hi. Tanya, I am also human and I do get frustrated at times with patients, but I would never let frustration interfere with caring for my patient, I always try to provide the best possible care for my patients.
Week8.1
Hi Tanya, I hadn’t really thought about advanced directives at work, since we do not have any standardized procedures and I have never had the issue come up. After doing this week’s homework it has made me reflect on this issue and ask myself why we do not have advance directives especially now since we seem to be getting sicker patients.
Hi Mary, I had never heard the words health care proxy until I read your discussion and then I looked health care proxy up to see what it was and it is the same thing as durable power of attorney for health care. While looking up what a health care proxy was; I found that New York implemented the Family Health Care Decision Act in 2010, and the following is a brief overview what the family health care decision act is:
Hi Sandra, sometimes the hospital is where the education occurs because of an emergency or because the patient has chosen not to made a decision on an advance directive earlier. I find this makes it harder for the family when something goes wrong, because they are left with making the decisions
and when you have family members that cannot agree on what medical decisions should be made, this causes even more tension in a situation that is already intensified. I feel if people really understood the problems that are caused by not having an advance directive; more people would have an advance directive in place.
Responses to week 7.2
Hi Tanya, I tried to educate the nurses on the proper way to deal with each situation, and just because someone is properly educated or trained on how to handle a situation they still may choose not to handle it correctly. As far as to what management did to handle the situation, I do not know because I was not involved in the meeting, I cannot tell you if management provided the proper training or not.
Hi. Tanya, I am also human and I do get frustrated at times with patients, but I would never let frustration interfere with caring for my patient, I always try to provide the best possible care for my patients.
Week8.1
Hi Tanya, I hadn’t really thought about advanced directives at work, since we do not have any standardized procedures and I have never had the issue come up. After doing this week’s homework it has made me reflect on this issue and ask myself why we do not have advance directives especially now since we seem to be getting sicker patients.
Hi Mary, I had never heard the words health care proxy until I read your discussion and then I looked health care proxy up to see what it was and it is the same thing as durable power of attorney for health care. While looking up what a health care proxy was; I found that New York implemented the Family Health Care Decision Act in 2010, and the following is a brief overview what the family health care decision act is: