Palliative medicine

currently seeking to improve the quality in palliative patient care services through innovation. This BM project is well suited for the vision that the organisation is seeking. Current palliative service model is lacking the policy guideline based on research evidence that could assist the staff to further enhance the valuable service that we are called to serve. Our organisation has served the community since 1950s by providing much needed quality palliative service, even with the limited…

align with the perceived goals of the medical facility and nursing staff. There is nothing to suggest that Palliative Care interventions are welcomed by Mr. Jones. Clearly, Mr. Jones’ goals did not constitute a Palliative Care consult. Mr. Jones’ goal is to receive aggressive care and treatment of his medical condition. He is “adamant about not wanting to talk about Hospice or Palliative Care. He only wants his care team to talk about how he can improve and get better.” This particular…

Sara Monopoli’s death was peaceful but her process of dying was a struggle. In her process of treatment, she became frail. Her treatments had made her more ill than better and her quality of life had declined. All of Sara 's physicians were working toward saving her life. However, none of them really knew when to stop treating her aggressively. Sara, her family, and her doctors, wanted to fight and do all that can be done to get her well. They were fighting so hard that they might have…

I have chosen to write about assisted suicide for the terminally ill. I chose it because it has been in the news lately and I wanted to know more about it. I’ve learned that there are people very passionate for and against it. They all have great points of why it should and why it shouldn’t be legalized. I believe that it should be legalized and my paper will give you a few reasons why. My working thesis is “Assisted suicide should be legal for people with a terminal illness because they have a…

Cancer is a person’s worst nightmare because most people decide just to give up on life. Sometimes when people find out that they have cancer when it is in stage four, which is the final stage of all types of cancer. Most of the time, cancer patients want to take treatments, but some of them say that there is no reason to take treatments because they know that it will not help. Doctors try to get patients to take treatments in hopes of them living longer and possibly having more time to spend…

When considering palliative care as an option, there is more to consider than just the patient. “Each individual’s needs should be viewed as a combination of physical, psychosocial, and spiritual components” (McCluskey, 2007, p.468) to enhance their quality of life. However…

I really enjoyed Hospice, and I haven’t been anywhere else but I have sense that it’ll be my favorite. Main reason being that Judy was amazing. She really showed me what Hospice is about and never treated her patients like they were a number. She took time to hear their complaints, or what was going on in their life which is definitely a sign of a great nurse. 1. Identify the purpose and functions of the agency. The hospice philosophy of care means providing comfort measures to…

Osteosarcoma is an aggressive form of cancer that affects the bone growth locations in the body known as epiphyseal plate. Cancer occurs when the body’s cells being to divide at an astounding rate, but in the case of Osteogenic Sarcoma the cells are multiplying rapidly and creating a weak bone matrix replacing the healthy bone matrix. This disease affects young adults because bone growth is quicker in their bodies. It especially targets bones like the femur, tibia, humerus, but is not limited to…

the accountability to educate and inform the patient to scrutinize treatment options and to help them to make preferences by “engaging patient and families to reflect on their values, understand their disease process and progression, and develop a palliative care plan” (Dahlin, Coyne and Ferrell, 2016, p. 183). I based this assignment on Mrs D., who is an 82-year-old lady and suffers with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia which is a is a cancer that starts from the early version of white blood cells…

of St. Thomas NURS 3252 B: Clinical Inquiry Spring 2017 Living with the Dying in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Nursing Perspective Critique Statement of the phenomenon of interest In this article, the focus is on the phenomena of palliative care from the perspective of nurses who have provided care for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. The researchers imply that the phenomenon requires a qualitative format because the results will be based on…