Ruben Salcedo Professor Palmer English 112 10/5/15 Legalization of Euthanasia Euthanasia is a topic that has been debated by many over the years. Although Euthanasia is presently illegal in the United States, physician assisted death, or PAD is legal in the states of Washington, Oregon, Vermont and Bernalillo County, New Mexico. To understand Euthanasia, one must understand the way it differs from PAD. The key distinction between the two is that euthanasia requires either a physician or third party to administer the drugs
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community setting. A professional practice issue found in this scenario is the amount of time Maria received for orientation. She is fresh out of nursing school and is thrown right into work. The workload is quite high and she has not met those under her care or had time to research about her clients. There are three LPNs under her direction with 150 clients in total. That means Maria is caring for most of the clients instead of having the workload split equally between her and the three other LPNs. Maria
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Health care organizations have existed to serve all patients within and beyond their local communities. The members of the organizations, such as physicians and nurses, have taken an oath to treat illnesses, restore health, and preserve life of all patients resulting in an improved quality of life. However, ethical and legal concerns arise during a patient’s end of life. The decisions that are made by patients during their end of life can contradict the oath and pledges the physicians and nurses
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End-of-life care in social work is a continuously growing and evolving field; the social work profession has embraced the challenge that comes from interaction with the dying process across multiple systems levels. A report from The Social Work in Hospice and Palliative Care Network stated the important role social work plays in end of life care: “Given the broad scope of practice and unique perspective, social workers bring to the field of palliative and end of life care, and to multidisciplinary
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In nursing care, comfort is described as an immediate and desirable outcome (Kolcaba, 2010). Comfort is an extremely important component when an individual is receiving palliative care. “Palliative care is given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life threatening disease, such as cancer” (National Cancer Institute, 2010). Katharine Kolcaba is a nursing theorist who created the Comfort Theory. It focuses on providing relief, ease, and transcendence when providing nursing
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evolving health care system. The resulting report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, was completed in 2010 at about the same time as the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The architects of this study recognized that the nursing profession makes up a substantial proportion of all health care providers and consequently, nurses will have a significant impact on the successful delivery of "safe, high-quality, and effective health care service" (Institute
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Atul Gawande in his book “Letting Go” is trying to point out a medical system that is not effective in caring for the needs of patients who are terminally ill and approaching death. He writes that these patients can be placed under hospice and palliative care and end up living better and quality lives, even longer than what was expected. According to Gawande, this is a better choice than struggling to find means to stay alive when all means have been exhausted and there's no hope left. We should know
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professional and use evidence based practice and advanced critical thinking skills. Also, the baccalaureate degree level nurse is prepared to be in a leadership and management role versus the associate degree level nurse who is more geared towards bedside care. “Baccalaureate nursing programs encompass all of the course work taught in associate degree and diploma programs plus a more in-depth treatment of the physical and social sciences, nursing
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Holly M. L. July 22, 2012 THE IMPACT ON NURSING This paper will review the impact of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on the future of nursing. It will include the impact on nursing education, nursing practice, with emphasis on primary care in relation to the goals mentioned in the IOM report and the impact on the nurse’s role as a leader. The IOM report has two key points in relation to education: “Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education
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If you were to look on the Top Places of the Triad to Work in 2011 you would see Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro is ranked within the top 10. Just like with volunteering, there are a variety of different jobs you can apply for. If you are interested you can apply online, call the facility, or stop by to receive an application for employment. HPCG is a larger company, currently holding 180 full time employees, 250 volunteers, 3 Nurse Practitioners, 5 Medical Doctors, and 36 years of service
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