End-of-Life Decisions

Write an article for a community newsletter for a local retirement ;village that explains the laws, policies, and choices surrounding ;end-of-life health care decisions.

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Nurses are at the bedside during the dying process; they spend ;entire shifts with patients and families; they develop trusting ;relationships; and they are competent to assess patient and family ;needs. Nurses gain a unique perspective that allows them to become aware ;when a patient is not responding to treatment. This perspective places ;nurses in a position to facilitate end-of-life decision making. (Adams, ;Bailey. Anderson, & Docherty, 2011, para. 4) Reference

Adams, J. A., Bailey, D. E., Jr., Anderson, R. ;A., & Docherty, S. L. (2011). Nursing roles and strategies in ;end-of-life decision making in acute care: A systematic review of the ;literature. Nursing Research and Practice, 2011.

Your manager asked you to prepare an article for a community ;newsletter for a local retirement village. The editor wants you to talk ;about the laws, policies, and choices surrounding end-of-life health ;care decisions Preparation ;

Search the Capella library and the Internet for scholarly and ;professional peer-reviewed articles on end-of-life care. You will need ;at least three articles to use as support for your work on this ;assessment. Directions

Write an article of 750–1,000 words (3–4 pages) that discusses the ;laws, policies, and choices surrounding end-of-life health care ;decisions. Address the following in your article: ; Describe the role of the nurse in end-of-life decision making with patients and their families. Explain the legislation that generated end-of-life health care ;policies. Was the legislation an outcome of a specific medical case? Identify the primary policies regarding current health care ;practices related to end-of-life health care decisions. How to these ;policies affect treatment decisions? Explain the effect of end-of-life regulations and controls on ;patient outcomes. What effect does this have on the nurse-patient ;relationship? Describe the ethical considerations that have influenced policy decisions in regard to end-of-life decisions. Additional Requirements

Your article should meet the following requirements: Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message. References: Cite a minimum of three resources; a ;majority of these should be peer-reviewed sources. Your reference list ;should be appropriate to the body of literature available on this topic ;that has been published in the past 5 years. APA format: Resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting. Length: 750–1,000 words or 3–4 typed, ;double-spaced pages, excluding title page and reference page. Use ;Microsoft Word to complete the assessment. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.