A) "I should let you know that smoking is a strong risk factor for a brain attack." CORRECT The nurse should teach Gail that smoking is a modifiable risk factor that could prevent her from having a stroke. Smoking increases the risk for hypertension, which is a risk factor for a stroke. B) "That is just fine. I will be here taking care of your mother."
Bii Describe the possible tensions that may arise between telling others of Hannah’s decision and keeping this information totally confidential. The range of people that would need to share the information would be those directly involved with her care, healthcare professionals including her GP who can work with Hannah to help her understand the benefits of taking her medication. If the information was shared with the daughter this could cause upset and potential breakdown of the relationship. Hannah has the choice to inform her daughter or not. Biii Describe ways to maintain confidentially in day to day communication.
The last one, Health Deviation, which meant the needs of the patient that related to their health condition. She believed that nurses had to evaluate their patients and determine what their “Self Care Deficits” were. She categorized in three ways. If a patient needed complete nursing care because patient is not able to do anything for themselves. They were Total Compensation.
I explained the philosophy of comfort, which I strongly believe in Quill (692). Quills main audience is to help doctors understand there are some cases that people have the right to die with dignity. He writes about a story about a woman named Diane, in which she was diagnosed with leukemia. Diane wanted to take her life when the time came and did not want to proceed with chemotherapy. She wanted to spend what ever time she had left with her family.
3 Code Gray: Ethical Dilemma in Nursing is a short documentary film directed by Joan Sawyer. It shows four actual situation where nurses confront difficult ethical decisions, as they balance the often contradictory views of patients members, and other staff about what is best for their patients. The film is divided into four distinct cases, each one focusing on a particular ethical principal(beneficence, autonomy, justice and fidelity). In case 1 of the documentary, T.J was born with severe birth defect. She lacks the self- regulatory mechanism for temperature control, and she did not see nor hear.
She meet her husband at college, during a bible study lecture he was ministering, which lead her to the Lord. Taffi has been married for 25 years to Pastor Dollar. Besides attending to her family, excepting the work God first given her, this woman of God is also an author, and involved with various ministries. Taffi's commitment to helping others is evident through her lifestyle of service. One, of the many ministries she founded is Prestige Ministry, a palace that provides workshops, retreats, and bible study meeting for the less fortunate, in order to empower women and develop a deep lasting love for God.
These questions include: Who is the true owner of our lives? Should relieving suffering always be the highest priority or does suffering occur for a reason? Is suicide a purely individual choice (Mathes, 2004)? The answers to the above questions are subjective, yet healthcare workers deal with the difficult issues associated with end-of-life care on a daily basis. Since patients and families frequently ask nurses to provide information about support in dying, it is important for nurses to thoroughly understand the topic of physician assisted suicide regardless of whether it is legally permitted within the State where they are working (Ersek, 2004).
I will be straight forward and honest with Hannah, i will tell her that i can not keep secret and that it is in her best interest that relevant people should be told in order to resolve the issue with her new medication. I can explain to her that if I share the information with her doctor, he might be able to replace the medication with an alternative (liquid). It is in her best interest that I share the information with only authorised people to prevent any harm or neglect. Bii) Identify the range of people who may need to know about Hannah’s situation, and describe any tensions that may occur if the information is shared. family and all professional bodies who have involvement in Hannah’s medication eg Social workers, psychologist, day centres etc i'm aware Hannah may refused to give further information regarding the topic.
This part of the poem shows that women really do suffer the loss of a baby and that sometimes some women wish they could take back what they have done. The woman who wrote this poem expressed that she felt like she had created an empty hole by choosing to abort her innocent child. In March of 2002, a retired nurse who had witnessed two full term abortions participated in an interview given by Scott Johnston. The nurse was unsure of what she was in for; she just did as she was told which was to go to the delivery room. For both of the abortions that she had witnessed, her job was to hold the baby in order to keep it in the birth canal.
Thats the day I considered working in the health field. The nurse practitioner came in and look at me asking who I was, after explaining my relationship to the patient, my grandmother, she looked at me and ask did you know your grandmother has cancer? I was at lost for words because the way she said it, my grandmother had known for a while that she had ovarian cancer and was trying to keep it a secret. I guess she expected us to just wake up one