During my most recent clinical rotation, I encountered a patient who was from rural Maine and had a slew of health problems that landed him in the hospital. He had chronic kidney disease and was in the hospital for fluid volume overload since he has not been to the dialysis clinic in several weeks. This led to an exacerbation of his heart failure and caused him to have episodes of syncope at home. The person lives in rural Maine and…
Death with dignity refers to the patient’s choice to end their life based on poor quality of life from a medical standpoint from terminal illness or imminent death. Towards the end of a patient’s life due to a disease process, they may have significant pain and suffering, as well as a lack of dignity related to their inability to take care of themselves at that stage. Many patients have to be cleaned up by caregivers, cannot use the bathroom on…
I discovered that bedside nurse reporting has many benefits including an increase in patient safety, situational awareness and the client feeling more involved as well as satisfied with their care. Our literature review did not change any of my assumptions regarding the topic, it was pretty consistent with what I already thought to be the benefits of bedside nurse reporting. Our team did not have to revise the topic or the proposal, which was helpful during the process of the…
