Despite the fact that the use of compassion is so highly valued and associated with nursing care, research is lacking in providing a definition of this concept and very little professional support has been given to incorporate its use in a nurse’s daily practice (Schantz, 2007). Compassion is generally associated with suffering and is used to form a bond between two or more people during a time of great distress, such as physical or mental pain, illness, or impairment (van der Cingel, 2009). While compassion will not remove the source of an individual’s suffering, it helps the one experiencing the event to persevere if they feel like someone understands what they are going through and wants to help them end their suffering (van der Cingel, 2009). In nursing empathy, caring, and sympathy are terms often used interchangeably with compassion, but these are inaccurate correlations (Schantz, 2007). According to McEwen and Wills concept analysis is used to explore the meaning of a phenomenon and develop people’s understanding of this concept (2011).
Given this information prescribing medications for a better patient-physician relationship does not seem as serious as it is made out to be or is it? In “We Love Them. We Have Them. We Take Them.” Abigail Zuger describes a particular time that a patient came into the exam room to find out why he was feeling weak and nauseated and why he had almost fainted in the subway. Abigail Zuger deduced that it was due to the fact that he was not taking a medication she prescribed, a white pill that was making the patient feel ill by ingestion.
These symptoms were chosen since they were similar to existential symptoms. In addition to falsifying symptoms, their names, vocation, and employment were fake.All other information about their personal life and history remained the same. Once admitted, the pseudopatients would cease their act and function they would normally. In the hospital they interacted with staff and patients alike. The psuedopatients wrote about their interactions and observations of the staff and other patients.
This essay will argue that Huttmann made a wise decision and did not commit a crime. She made a very difficult decision to free Mac of his misery and live with a peaceful conscience. During the 80's euthanasia was not a common procedure for hospitals. There are patients like Mac who are very ill and transformed from a strong, young person in to a skeleton trapped in a hospital bed. When people are very sick and have to lay in bed for months without showing a bit of progress, as in the majority of the cancer cases, they are in agony.“The Doctor believed that life must be extended as long they have the means and knowledge to do it” (Huttmann 114).
Shehas been able to go out and get her shopping from the nearby shops and is otherwiseself-caring, clean and tidy. According to the referral letterfrom her General Practitioner, who arranged this admission to hospital, anumber of people had recently commented that she looked ill and was not caringfor herself as well as she used to do. Her family live a considerable distanceaway from her and, although they see her about once or twice a month, they donot stay for long as they have a business to run. When she was admitted she was foundto be lucid and coherent but her family told us that she had had a number ofepisodes of confusion recently. She was occasionally very sleepy and had leftthe gas burning on one occasion.
Because of this, I was quite shy and withdrawn. My attempts to make small talk with the patients were awkward and I struggled to communicate well, often having to repeat myself for the patients or straining to hear what they had said. As it was the start of the year, all the patents had to be reassessed on a one to one basis. After sitting with the staff nurse as she assessed some of the patients, I observed the ease at which she spoke to the patients and how they responded positively. The patients had their assessments in a quiet private room with no distractions or interruptions and the nurse sat facing them.
Not only do you post the code of ethics on the door but also it is represented by actions and words. Employees are the representation of the entity. Compliance of the ethical code by moral decision-making, attitude, personality, preservation of patient rights and confidentiality is important to promote confidence and a positive reputation within the healthcare community and
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.
"Drugs! Not Jane, she would never take drugs. I’ve known Jane for four years. She’s an excellent nurse," Tom replied, "Besides Jane certainly doesn’t look like a drug user. She’s probably just tired from working the night shift or maybe she’s having some personal problems.
The purspose of the visit was to deliver a bad news to husband that his wife’s health condition took worst over the night in the hospital. In this case, waiting was not possible because the news had to be delivered immediately. This made me feel awkward and uncomfortable being around the family and I found it difficult to know what to say to him as I was unclear of his wife diagnosis. I had discussed with nurse about the diagnosis and asked GP for permission to look at the record notes from hospital. After all that, we went to the house.