Pharmacy Personal Statement It is vital for one to acknowledge his wellbeing and plan his personal goals and intentions before pursuing a career. It was not until after my mother passed away that I acknowledged that ideology and became certain that pharmacy is a realm I should be in. My mother passed away from cancer and her life could have been more prolonged if she continued her medications as advised by her physician, however, the insurance would not cover her and my financial status did not allow me to help. At that time I had little experience and her death encouraged me to want to become a pharmacist. Moreover, my passion for the evolution of science which has contributed to the advancements of medications, such as how they function and how they influence society made me more interested in pharmacy school.
My question was: Mrs. Thompson, I would like to know from your experience which is better for the patient and his/her family, hospice at home or in a hospital setting. Sometimes, there are many problems for the family to care for their love ones at this time due to emotional feelings and physical burden. What do you think is best? Mrs. Thompson answer: Philosophically and practically, the goal of hospice care is to stabilize the patient's condition in order to permit him to return home, where most people say they would prefer to die. There are several points to note, in this context: 1.
People who argue with Kevorkian for physician-assisted suicide feel that by helping a patient end his or her life peacefully is helpful to family and friends. Joe Masserli points out main arguments for and against assisted suicide in his political assessment of the subject. He argues equally for and against the topic, which points out many things that go unnoticed by those with bold opinions on assisted suicide. Masserli points out the amount of pain that a patient can be spared from, the fundamental freedom of the right to die, the Death with Dignity Act in Oregon, the reduction of healthcare costs, the freeing of doctor and nurse time, the pain and anguish that a patient’s family can be saved from, the
“My daughter has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant; the hospital explained that our insurance company needs to sign off on coverage.” Sara is desperately trying to get her daughter the help she needs but no one is trying to help her. Several of the characters struggle throughout the book to
As you can see what is the point of the hospital sending her very important news about her kid’s health if she could not read the letter (Kozol 257)? Also, as much as knowing how to read is beneficial; knowing how to write goes hand in hand. In his story Laura (the mother) is on welfare to help her with all the expenses and the rent she has to pay to stay at the Martinique Hotel that houses nearly 400 hundred homeless families. During her time there she gets a letter from the welfare office stating that her benefits have been taken away. Her benefits could still be there if she had known how to read and write.
That is to say, that a person that has a terminal painful cancer or a long suffering person in a vegetative state can choose to die before the body dies on its’ own, or leave their wishes stated in an advance directive to their family along with a do not resuscitate order to the doctor. That is called the Right to Die. This paper will explore The Right to Die. Along with the subject matter this paper will answer the following questions but not necessarily in order according to the Kaplan University requirements are: Is this true from a legal standpoint? Why or why not?
A nurse may personally feel that a patient who is dying of cancer should utilize any and all pain management options available to them, however, if the patient does not wish to use pain medications because he/she feels “out of it” or is afraid of becoming “addicted”, the nurse needs to respect that patient’s choice. One may personally feel that a patient should try all treatment options available when dealing with an illness such as cancer, but needs to be respectful if a patient does not wish to continue treatment or try something new even if the nurse feels that is the “right” thing to do. B. In the scenario presented, different strategies can be used in the Thomas’s situation to improve the quality of life for Mrs. Thomas and her husband during this illness. First of all, discussing with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas what their wants/needs are is imperative.
It is a path to the open road for nurses to gain critical thinking, differ aspect of life. Nurses can advocate a nonjudgmental help to their patient's autonomy (self determination, chap. 4 pg 56). In the case study of Marianne, who experienced hemorrhagic stroke, unconsciousness, and without advanced directive. The husband wanted to save his wife, but on the other hand, their children belief that their mom wants a quality of life with dignity.
The “Right to Die” is a personal choice and therefore should be respected and not debated so publicly. When I think about this I think about a story I saw on social media of the young 28 year old woman who choice to move to Oregon to end her life with dignity. She was newlywed and had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. She choose this because she did not want to go without dignity and wanted her family to remember her as she was not how she would become. This was a story that touched so many people on social media.
Her passing away was horrifying, and I would like to think that she is now in a better place. At the time I told my youngest sister that our grandmother is ‘cured’ from illness, her soul ‘rests in peace’ and ‘happy in heaven’, to make the experience less agonizing. Has this had a lasting effect on how you view death and do you think it would have been better for you and your sister not to have viewed your grandmother in a mortuary? Block 1 provides a number of euphemisms in our language to describe what happens after death. Mediums and Spiritualists use expressions as ‘crossing over’, ‘passing over’ or