Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient

suffering, but without the backing of a controlling legal authority.” 2 Physician-assisted suicide gives the legal authority to a physician who can prvide a patient with a lif ending dose of pills. A terminally ill patient first makes the decision to end their life. After required documentation, a doctor will administer a lethal dose of pills, and the patient is able to take them and end their life at the time that they see fit. This practice is currently legal in 6 states; Washington, Oregon, California

the nation seek this practice in order to help the patients as well as their families; even though, they could be risking their license. Despite moral values contradicting this practice, physician-assisted suicide should be legalized across the United States for terminally ill patients lucid enough to make the decision on their own. Countries around the world realize the benefits to legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. The Guardian provides an article about five countries

It was recognised by Jevon (2009) that caring for the dying patient can be the most fulfilling whilst also most challenging times for nurses and healthcare professionals. This paper will introduce a case study based on personal experience within clinical placement, exploring and analysing the above statement. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Guidelines (2008) names have been changed to protect patient confidentiality. The paper will seek to address issues relating to the case

Topic: Treating patients and service users with respect, dignity and compassion. My two research papers are entitled ‘The development of a model of dignity in illness based on qualitative interviews with seriously ill patients’ , Van Gennip et al.(2013) and ‘The effect of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying: a multi-centre study’ , Veerbeek et al. (2008). To open I must state that I really struggled to find relevant articles with methods. The first article, van Gennip et al.(2013) I attained

contribution to the care of an elderly gentleman, nursed in his own home living with his wife who provided him with nursing care between his private carer visits. The gentleman was also receiving care from a private agency and had district nurse involvement, as his condition worsened he had been referred by his doctor to a specialist palliative care team who assessed the patient and put him on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP). The LPC is a best-practice model of care, supporting care in the last hours/days

Workbook 2 Assessment and Care Planning in End of Life Care Q1: Complete the following table, describing the needs you would have to consider when planning the different aspects of end of life care for an individual Planning for | Description of the needs that should be considered | Physical needs (health and well-being) | Some physical needs are essential in order to sustain life and remain healthy; other physical needs contribute to comfort and satisfaction. The physical needs essential

vital element in all aspects of nursing care including prevention, treatment, education and health promotion (Fakhr-Movahedi et al. 2011). The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) places these skills as one of the core competencies required in order to effectively carry out the role of a Registered Nurse and so it is vitally important that these skills

‘end of life care’. End of life care is a set of clinical measures to ensure those with advanced, progressive and incurable

that of communication during the delivery of end of life care. More specifically the essay will take into consideration the role of a nurse and how they aim to communicate clearly, effectively and efficiently with the affected person and their family, whilst working towards providing person centred care during the last two to three days of that person’s life. The essay will look to assert why communication is so important in end of life care with the person and their family so that everyone is aware

the writer aims to identify and explore in depth the role development of the specialist palliative care nurses in the community setting, and in particular how their role has evolved over the last 5 years. The writer aims for the first part of the assignment to provide the reader with a brief background into the development of palliative care and a history of how the traditional role of a palliative care nurse has expanded from a more generalist perspective to that of a position of specialism. The writer