Khadijeh Hamad
Nursing 393
Writing assignment 5
1.) The three elements that assist healthcare professionals in addressing end of life discussions are critical to a family 's decision making capacity. These include the need for increased education of the healthcare system to better understand the dying process, the communication between family and healthcare staff on the prognosis of their loved ones, and lastly a need for up-to date advance directives.
2.)In this 2008 study, families who had a lost a member in the previous three to eight years were interviewed to recount and record their experiences and emotions. In two years, 19 interviews were performed by three teams of student researchers in four different long term facilities. These researchers asked the families how they comprehended their family member’s death, whether or not the person had an advance directive, and also if they had any suggestions for other families and healthcare workers during a person ends of life care.
3.) Advance …show more content…
They show families being more satisfied when they have effective ongoing, realistic communications with healthcare providers. There was also a recorded negative response by a family in an instance where there was a lack of communication between facilities during the transition of care. Families and patients were also shown to be more comfortable when the patient’s wishes were clearly stated on paper such as in an advance directive. When asked for suggestions on improving end of life care, family members recommended that similar families talk to their dying loved ones about the use of Advanced Directives, and how much they could have helped with their process. They also recommend having more open channels of communication between families and health care providers throughout the
Nursing 393
Writing assignment 5
1.) The three elements that assist healthcare professionals in addressing end of life discussions are critical to a family 's decision making capacity. These include the need for increased education of the healthcare system to better understand the dying process, the communication between family and healthcare staff on the prognosis of their loved ones, and lastly a need for up-to date advance directives.
2.)In this 2008 study, families who had a lost a member in the previous three to eight years were interviewed to recount and record their experiences and emotions. In two years, 19 interviews were performed by three teams of student researchers in four different long term facilities. These researchers asked the families how they comprehended their family member’s death, whether or not the person had an advance directive, and also if they had any suggestions for other families and healthcare workers during a person ends of life care.
3.) Advance …show more content…
They show families being more satisfied when they have effective ongoing, realistic communications with healthcare providers. There was also a recorded negative response by a family in an instance where there was a lack of communication between facilities during the transition of care. Families and patients were also shown to be more comfortable when the patient’s wishes were clearly stated on paper such as in an advance directive. When asked for suggestions on improving end of life care, family members recommended that similar families talk to their dying loved ones about the use of Advanced Directives, and how much they could have helped with their process. They also recommend having more open channels of communication between families and health care providers throughout the