Ethical Standards and Nursing for the Elderly Kate Smith Walden University NURS 6050, Section 18B Policy and Advocacy for Improving Pop. Health November 7, 2012 Ethical Standards and Nursing for the Elderly Health care ethics are ways of practice that are followed in making good judgment in regards to patient care, involving moral principles and professional guidelines. Health care ethics helps in making good moral decision bases on beliefs and value of life, health, suffering, and death (Cleveland Clinic, 2012). Allocating resources for the elderly in relation to ethics is a complex issue that put the health care provider in a thin line, not knowing how to resolve the situation. I will look on allocating resources for the elderly and end of life, and how it goes against ethical standards.
HLTEN515B Implement and monitor nursing care for older clients AS3 – Short answer questions Student Name: Chantel Goulding Student Number: 0104328012 1. Define functional and chronological ageing and discuss how this relates to the older person. Functional age is a combination of observable individual attributes such as mental capacity, physical appearance, mobility and strength which is used to assign people to age categories. Functional ageing can create negative stereotypes towards the aging and the aged, this is known as ageism. Chronological Age is based on a person’s date of birth.
Exploring the importance of standard of care for people with dementia, concerning about staffs training. Abstract:- Dementia is one of the common health issues in UK, as it has a very big impact on people’s lives. According to NHS (2012) there are approximately 800,000 people living with dementia with the estimation of increasing double in the next 30 years. The aim of this study is to explore the importance of the standard of care received by the patient with dementia in medical care setting in hospital, regarding the training of the staffs caring for dementia patients. The researcher aims to accomplish quantitative study in order to develop theories or hypotheses pertaining to phenomena, it only takes into account the quantifiable aspects of phenomenon (Polit and Beck 2010).For the research, 100 nurses are working in an acute care setting and will be selected randomly.
Introduction This essay is focusing on a 66-year-old elderly woman, Mdm Y. Mdm Y is a mother of six children, and she had two marriage. She lives in a four-room HDB flat with her eldest daughter, son-in-law, grand daughter and her down-syndrome son. In this essay, the author will be discussing about Mdm Y’s physical and cognitive changes and psychosocial development, the factors affecting her physical, psychosocial, emotional well-being and factors causing her to have any developmental delay. Also, to explore the community resources available to help her promote and maintain her health and to mitigate the impact of her problems on her and her family. Physical Development Mdm Y belongs to the young-old category which is 65-74 years old.
Picoult continues on this theme of “saving” by using Suzanne as Sara’s crutch, as she makes her coffee each morning and informs her of any missed phone calls. While in the hospital, Sara receives a call from Jesse’s principal informing her of Jesse’s suspension. On the car ride home she notices a bruise on his arm from a needle and assumes he has been using drugs. Jesse angrily explains how he has been donating blood that gave Kate platelets behind the family’s back, in order to “save” his sister. After two weeks in the hospital, Kate developed an infection that placed her in a coma on a respirator, which is “saving” her for the time being.
An actual nursing process is a practice of an outcome-oriented execution to find the best possible care for a person. When a patient is considered terminal or terminally ill it is important to assess the clients understanding of the current situation, personal preferences and requests. The following case study can give a better understanding of the nursing process in action. A 75-year-old terminally ill patient has begun hospice care. He has been fighting some form of dementia for several years and advanced dementia for at the last four, at which point he was admitted to his current Nursing Home.
Many elderly adults are being abused in their own homes and also in care facilities such as nursing homes that are responsible for their care. Guidance No Secrets: guidance on protecting vulnerable adults in care From: Department of Health First published: 20 March 2000 Part of: Treating patients and service users with respect, dignity and compassion, Making sure health and social care services work together and Improving care for people with dementia This was issued under the section 7 LOCAL AUTHORITY SOCIAL SERVICES ACT 1970 The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by
In 2006, approximately 212, 920 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in the United States (Women’s Health Resource, 2011). The case scenario below will discuss ethical and legal issues regarding a female patient with breast cancer, which refuses treatment for breast cancer. Additionally, the scenario will cover the following four ethical principles: respect for persons/autonomy, justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence that relates to the case scenario (Bishop, 2003). A 25-year-old female patient made an appointment with her primary care physician because she discovered a lump on her breast. She went to her appointment with her primary care physician the following day.
Occupation: Widowed, Mother Advanced Directives: No Code, DNR Medical History Reason for Hospitalization: 89 year old female patient was originally admitted long term to M.P.T.F. for pneumonia and the following: Primary Diagnosis: 1. Continue treatment for Dementia 2. Continue treatment for Depressive Disorder 3. Continue aftercare for healing of traumatic hip fracture Health History Past and Current: The patient was admitted with pneumonia and remains on palliative care.
In order to explore the theories behind Joe’s action, the health locus of control, learned helpless with issues relation to depression has been incorporated. Mrs Brown is a 60 year old woman who is suffering from type 2 diabetes. She was admitted on the ward as her glucose level was unsettled due to her noncompliance regarding her medication and his diet. Therefore this assignment will use the patient’s narrative, biomedical and psychosocial model for the improved health status of the patient. There is various definition of Health with the most common term defined as the metabolic and functional effectiveness of the body.