Madi's Dying: A Case Study

Neilsen, Neergard, Jensen, Bro & Guldin’s study Psychological distress, health, and socio-economic factors in caregivers of terminally ill patients: a nationwide population based cohort study (2016) is a population-based study based in the nation of Denmark. Their study focused on specific information gathered from the Danish healthcare system and their research used the information gathered about those tasked with supporting the terminally ill patient. The information they found was used to determine specific factors of stress and grief that can afflict the

Joey Feek has been battling cancer for a while now and it looks like her time is finally coming to an end. CNN shared the news that Joey Feek is now in a deep sleep and is being told she only has days left to live. Joey had prayed that she would live long enough to see her daughter Indiana turn two and she was able to do just that. Rory Feek shared the details of how things are going now on their family blog. Rory has been sharing updates throughout his wife's cancer battle.

MSW contacted Bambi earlier that day to clarify if they would allow the hospice team to care for the patient while on long term at Lake Hills. Bambi verbalized the Pt would be allowed the needed hospice care while admitted. Bambie stated she and her team will discuss the patient's case and will have an answer regarding patient being accepted or not. MSW met with Pt and both daughters to discuss about the status regarding the patient being transferred/admitted to Lake Hills Inn. MSW informed daughters that RN Jennifer received signed orders from physician, faxed order, med list, H&P, and type of insurance to Lake Hills Inn on 08/03/15. MSW contacted Bambi to check up on a update for an possible admission for the Pt. Bambi stated the referral has been denied because the

End of life care is a prevailing issue in the United States that affects the terminally ill. It includes physician-assisted suicide, which is legal in five states and the practice of euthanasia which is illegal. (Barone, 2014). Delving deeper into the issue of end of life care reveals that this issue affects far more than the patient that is suffering. It raises the question of whether or not it is acceptable to reject the request of a person based solely on the socio-religious values of protecting life and ignoring the moral responsibility of ending the misery of another person even when they explicitly ask to end their suffering. Terminally ill, elderly, or disabled patients that are aware of the physical and mental deterioration caused

Making decisions for patients are difficult in general, but the decisions for end-of-life is the most challenging because it is tough and it involves family. Although we want to remain the autonomy of the patient, but I can empathize the hardship of the loved ones being able to let go. As a healthcare provider, the reasonable and ethical thing to do is to be completely honest about their condition and prognosis, then assist them to the best of our capabilities. I agree with Gawande (2014) that there is always something we can do. Whether the patient decides to fight the battle or to manage their symptoms to treasure the remaining time, nurses should and will respect their decisions.

The law of right to assisted death means that a patient suffering from intolerable or irremediable disease or illness has the choice to pull the plug on his life with the

Euthanasia is a broad term that describes the acceleration of a client’s death, with or without consent (Berman and Snyder, 2012). Berman and Snyder (2012), differentiate that active euthanasia hastens the client’s death by direct action such as lethal doses of medication, while passive euthanasia is the withdrawal of treatments necessary to sustain life such as ventilation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or nutrition. Physician assisted suicide (PAS) involves a consenting client who acquires the resources necessary to terminate their own life through a physician (Berman and Snyder, 2012). PAS is legal in Oregon, Washington, Vermont, and California under the Death with Dignity Act (DWDA), which gives physicians the legal ability, under strict guidelines, to prescribe a lethal medication to a terminally ill patient for self-administration to induce their death (Oregon DWDA, 1994).

When Mr. David Lawrence died from cancer, his daughter and son were shattered, but his wife was completely devastated. All of the people that he had impacted in his life came to grieve and show their support for the family. The family was extremely close and easy going. His daughter, Hanna, even though she had moved out of the house and become independent, still frequently came over for dinner and spent time with her family. Being very active in groups and clubs, her brother, Anthony was always performing or presenting and creating fun family memories. Alive, Mr. David had been a pillar, a confidant, and a loving mentor to so many in his city. Often while working in construction he would befriend many of his coworkers. Because he was older they would naturally gravitate toward his

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Human beings can be push to their limits when certain situations cross their path. Sometimes they survive situations which should have killed them by luck or their own will to survive. I saw a movie called the Revenant with Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie is bases on some of the story of Huge Glass a guide to trappers who was left for dead by his companions when he was mauled by a bear. Somehow he regain conscious after he was ditched by these men. Then underwent a journey to get to a nearby fort with some assistant of friendly Indians and the use of his knowledge on how to survive in the wildness. The name for the movie is the Revenant is what Huge Glass was called because of his survival. Which

Felicia, I like your discussion board. Your discussion board is very interested. In your discussion board, you discussed that as health providers, we are privileged that we should assist in the death transition. I agree with this statement. Healthcare providers should assist their patients with any death transition and should provide pastoral services to their patients who will died in a short period of time to discuss the afterlife, heaven , and hell.

On Death and Dying By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross For my book review, I read On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Dr. Kubler-Ross was the first person in her field to discuss the topic of death. Before 1969, death was considered a taboo. On Death and Dying is one of the most important psychological studies of the late twentieth century. The work grew out of her famous interdisciplinary seminar on death, life, and transition. In this paper, I give a comprehensive book review as well as integrate topics learned in class with Dr. Kubler-Ross' work. Like Piaget's look at developmental stages in children, there are also stages a person experiences on the journey toward death. These five stages are denial/isolation, anger, bargaining,

Introduction: In ancient times death was a natural process, it was with familiarity and expected arrival in the company of loved ones in the bed of his house. Today the medicalization of death and transfer to hospital environment makes responsible health professionals to address the necessary care at this late stage, creating new challenges and new responsibilities to ensure a dignified death to people.

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After reading this scenario about this patient, there are a few things that I wonder about and things that could have potentially contributed to this patient’s death. First, I do not understand why they did not place an Ewald tube down this patient and perform some sort of gastric lavage with activated charcoal (Gastric, 2017). They did all the work to stabilize the patient, but did not remove the remainder of the product, causing the acidosis. Basically, I feel that the patient came in with metabolic acidosis because of the aspirin, was stabilized, but then developed metabolic acidosis again. Which could have lead to a whole new list of complications to develop.