Palliative medicine

The field of Nursing and Medicine never failed to capture my interest although my initial interest came from observing the nurses providing care for my grandfather while he was in hospice care. The nurses that provided care for my grandfather showed great passion and zeal for their job and in those moments, I hoped to be able to provide the same comfort as the nurses I observed. The nurses’ attitudes and passion gave me a great sensation of comfort as I knew my grandfather was in good hands.…

and listening skills that these nurses use on a daily basis. References: Clarke, A. and Ross, H. (2006), Influences on nurses’ communications with older people at the end of life: perceptions and experiences of nurses working in palliative care and general medicine. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 1: 34–43. doi:10.1111/j.1748-3743.2006.00006.x Field, M. J., & Cassel, C. K. (Eds.). (1997). Approaching death: improving care at the end of life. National Academies Press.…

fully understand the choice they are making, as well as determining the severity of their illness to see if it is in fact life threatening. The unbearable suffering may be due to inadequate palliative care support or inadequate pain relief (Oxford 2002). Therefore, the safeguard measure is to improve the palliative care (Oxford 2002). Another study showed that terminally ill patients with depressive symptoms were more likely to consider euthanasia or physician assisted suicide (Oxford 2002).…

Annotated Bibliography Cagle, J. G., Zimmerman, S., Cohen, L. W., Porter, L. S., Hanson, L. C., & Reed, D. (2015). Empower: An intervention to address barriers to pain management in hospice. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 49(1), 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.05.007. This study was conducted to assess initial effectiveness of the Effective Management of Pain: Overcoming Worries to Enable Relief (EMPOWER) intervention. This study included four hospices, which included hospice…

Euthanasia is killing a patient suffering from an incurable or unbearable diseases, which also includes irreversible comas. Example of this could be a dying relative, and though in pain and unconscious, you are unsure of pulling the plug on the life support keeping them barely alive. This process is most often painless for the patient, but this “mercy killing” method is a heated topic of controversy. Religion, choice, and overall ethics bind the public with a predicament with the scale of…

An Option to Die for- Dying with Dignity Imagine a loved one receiving a diagnosis from a physician that they have a terminal illness. Fast forward time and imagine that same loved one, writhing in pain and in end stages of their terminal illness. Krakauer (43-48), an author of the medical journal Health Administration Press, states that “few people would aspire to end their lives in intensive care units, on various forms of life support, in pain and isolated from loved ones”, but…

This article provides information about the work field of anesthesiologists. First, it gives a brief description on what anesthesiology actually is. It is a practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and total care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery. Then it states three key points about anesthesiologists which are: the qualifications to become one, the surgical role, and the medical role. It says to qualify as an anesthesiologist they are required to complete…

the realisation that there has been no single defining factor fuelling my desire for a career in medicine. Rather, my ambition has gradually become more and more cemented with each insight into the medical profession. These experiences have taught me many valuable lessons: the need to remain calm and logical in stressful situations, the importance of palliative care and the ever-evolving nature of medicine, and the ethical challenges of alternative yet controversial treatment. Organising a…

reports. International Journal Of Nursing Practice, 21(2), 141-146. doi:10.1111/ijn.12227 Heneka, N., Shaw, T., Rowett, D., & Phillips, J. L. (2016). Quantifying the burden of opioid medication errors in adult oncology and palliative care settings: A systematic review. Palliative Medicine, 30(6), 520-532. doi:10.1177/0269216315615002 Parse, R., R. (2014). The Humanbecoming Paradigm: A Transformational Worldview. Pittsburgh, PA: Discovery International. Potter, P. A., Perry, A. G., Hall, A., &…

In Vermont, the rules of being certified are the same but only the physician is allowed to perform the act. Not a nurse, pharmacist or anyone else is allowed to give a patient the dose of medicine for the assisted suicide. In Washington, only the doctor or osteopathic doctor is allowed to give the prescription drug out. In California, the person that is requesting the drug for this act must submit two oral requests that must be fifteen days…