GPT Task 2 Community Health WGU Abstract A terminal illness can have a devastating effect‚ not only on the patient‚ but the family as well. Caring for the patient does not just involve physically caring for the patient‚ but rather involves the holistic care‚ which is “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association‚ 1998). The nurse becomes the therapeutic partner‚ which involves the care of the mind‚ body‚ and
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Self-Determination Act (PSDA). According to the American Cancer Society (2009)‚ the PSDA “encourages everyone to decide now about the types and extent of medical care they want to accept or refuse if they become unable to make those decisions due to illness. The PSDA requires all health care agencies to recognize the living will and durable power of attorney for health care.” Advance directives are a means by which an individual can provide their own unique instructions for their medical care should
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment The geriatric assessment is a multidimensional‚ multidisciplinary diagnostic instrument designed to collect data on the medical‚ psychosocial and functional capabilities and limitations of elderly patients. Various geriatric practitioners use the information generated to develop treatment and long-term follow-up plans‚ arrange for primary care and rehabilitative services‚ organize and facilitate the intricate process of case management‚ determine long-term care
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Attitude/Point: That it takes a special person to work at a facility with terminally ill people Audience: Families that have terminally ill family members Purpose: To Inform Topic Sentence: It takes a special person to work at a facility for terminal ill people‚ because the goal in a hospice center is to make the patient as comfortable as possible for the remaining days on earth. Brainstorm List of Possible Examples: Sentence Outline: Topic Sentence: It takes a special person
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References: Kemp‚ C. (1999) Terminal Illness‚ A guide to Nursing Care‚ 2nd ed. USA: Lippincott. Kenworthy‚ N. Snowley‚ G. Gilling‚ C. (2002) Common Foundation Studies in Nursing‚ 3rd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Jones‚ I. (1999) The UKCC Code of Conduct‚ A critical Guide. London:
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the news and are in constant scrutiny. The demand for social responsibility is high and available resources are limited. Health care leaders are faced with numerous administrative issues regarding patient privacy‚ research‚ confidentiality‚ and terminal illness. Much debate has surrounded medical spending on the terminally ill‚ such as the cost and allocation of resources toward end-of-life care. Choosing between prolonged life and quality of life are two difficult decisions to make. Nonetheless‚ it
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(Fee & Bu‚ 2010‚ p. 1206). In the latter part of the 19th century‚ there was an increasing understanding about the science behind communicable disease and the importance of educating people regarding disease prevention to reduce the spread of illness (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2012). Settlement houses were one avenue used to reach the community in need and teach disease prevention strategies‚ along with helping this population gain access to social services often including childcare‚ public kitchens
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Children Coping with Chronic Illness Children living with chronic illness are faced with everyday challenges that frequently force them to cope in different ways. According to Midence (1994)‚ ten to twenty percent o all children in the United States suffer from a chronic illness. The most common chronic childhood diseases are asthma‚ congenital heart disease‚ chronic kidney disease and sickle cell disease. Children are often quite vulnerable and lack education and experience about coping‚ especially
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Stigma and Mental Illness Numerous studies have been conducted in order to help us as a society better understand what leads to the stigma that is attached to many mental illnesses. The most dramatic component of mental illness stigmatization is discrimination. Individuals who have been labeled with a mental illness experience discrimination in the workplace‚ healthcare and educational systems‚ and discrimination socially (Cummings‚ Lucas‚ and Druss‚ 2013). The development of the stigma consists
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Mental Illness: Silencing the Stigma What I knew about mental illness before this project was very limited. I mean besides the T.V. shows that portray a bleak life for people with mental illness. Images of individuals with mental illness aren’t always so in your face. Subtle stereotypes pervade the media regularly. I had minimal knowledge as to what types of mental illness there were. All I knew was that there were general perceptions about these people. Just the other day before the presentations
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