among two or more acceptable courses of action or having to choose between equally unacceptable alternatives. Healthcare workers are often placed in the position of having to incorporate their own moral reasoning in order to resolve ethical dilemmas. Advances in medical technology and treatment have allowed healthcare workers to be able to artificially prolong and preserve life. However‚ patients may put healthcare workers at risk of ethical dilemma by refusing care or treatment‚ even though these patients
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Treatment Decisions 1. Provide the patients with their treatment option 2. Allow the patient to participate in the treatment options available Advanced Directive 1. Advice patients of their rights to make informed medical choices‚ ask if the patient has an advance directive. 2. Honor the wishes of the patient as stated in his/her directive as permitted by law and hospital policy. Privacy 1. Do not disclose information about the patient’s case to others without first obtaining written
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from consumers and the production costs will help guide and form a firm structure. Many health care organizations need to use good thinking tasks to make proper decisions. More issues include: patient autonomy‚ termination of patient treatment‚ advance directives‚ confidentiality‚ and informed consent. Back in the day‚ hospitals received charitable donations from internal sources of the community. Hospitals are thriving in developing new technology and new science. The price of the new technology for
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Lorenz et al. (2005) define end- of –life as a chronologically indefinite part of life when patients and their caregivers are struggling with the implications of an advance chronic illness. Every person’s end- of – life trajectory is different and the need for quality healthcare services‚ hospital or homecare interventions‚ family and patient legal rights‚ government policies and regulations pose some challenges to some patients at the end of their life. Therefore‚ the provision of good end- of-
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Speaking from my own experience‚ it is not easy to make a decision to donate a loved one’s organs‚ however‚ my sisters and I knew that our mother wanted to be an anatomical donor. She had filled out an advance directive stating that upon her passing‚ she wanted to donate any viable organs for transplant purposes. We donated her eyes‚ and now someone out in this wonderful world we live in has her eyes. This person can now see the beauty around them‚ maybe even their grandchildren for the first time
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Legal/Ethical issue 1 Life support‚ a 72 year old woman‚ was admitted to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit following a cerebral hemorrhage that left her with severe brain damage and ventilator.1 The husband disregarded the patients’ rights by refusing to abide by his wife’s wishes as stated in her living will The patient’s living will specified that she did not want to be on a ventilator support or other artificial life support in the event of a permanent unconscious condition or terminal condition
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benefit of a discussion as to resident choices along with the documents to support these decisions (Later & King‚ 2007). As we learned‚ research indicates that many postpone the discussion of end of life care preferences and completion of the advance directives to the point where another has to make the decision (Later & King‚ 2007). Another is that twenty-five percent of deaths over the age of 65 occur in nursing homes (Hanson‚ Henderson & Menon‚ 2002). Demystifying what do not resuscitate (DNR)
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Throughout the course‚ it has become increasingly clearer how healthcare professionals play in to the role of end-of-life care for patients. Although I have not chosen a path in hospice or palliative care‚ it has become evident that end-of-life cares will be part of my nursing career regardless. As a nursing professional‚ it is important to remain a patient advocate throughout the end-of-life care process by ensuring ethical decision-making‚ continuing effective communication‚ and providing best
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moral conduct and what they view as right and wrong so as to serve and care for their patients as best as they can. William Sumrall further explains “when surgery and anesthesia are necessary for the care of the patient with a DNR order‚ this advance directive can create ethical dilemmas involving patient autonomy and the physician’s responsibility to do no harm” (Sumrall 2) All caretakers‚ when enrolling for their job‚ must know that they need to respect the wishes of their patients and place their
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