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Hospice Nurses Take a Holistic Approach to Dementia Care

Nurse.com

This ensures that the family and the care team honor the patient’s wishes like determining do not resuscitate (DNR) status, using ventilator support, and providing enteral feedings. Hospice nurses can also document issues of personal importance.

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Neonatal Nursing: Discover the Challenges and Compassion Behind Caring for the Tiniest Patients

Minority Nurse

Neonatal nurses train to provide neonatal resuscitation if necessary. Illnesses such as anemia, feeding problems, hypoglycemia, and withdrawal from alcohol or narcotics are also life-threatening dangers to a baby’s health that require NICU support. What Do Neonatal Nurses Do?

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. In 1988, Cruzan’s parents requested that her feeding tube be removed, arguing that she would not want to continue in this state. In 1990 the Supreme Court ruled…for the state of Missouri.

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Palace of Care – It’s hard enough just breathing

Palliverse

The next sentence he wrote said, “my sister didn’t know that I did not want to be resuscitated if I became unwell again.” “Do Are you still wanting to have the tube feeds?” He was quite conscious of this and had already tucked three extra tissues under his chin to catch the drool. He wrote, “It’s hard enough just breathing.” “You

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Palace of Care – It’s hard enough just breathing

Palliverse

The next sentence he wrote said, “my sister didn’t know that I did not want to be resuscitated if I became unwell again.” “Do Are you still wanting to have the tube feeds?” He was quite conscious of this and had already tucked three extra tissues under his chin to catch the drool. He wrote, “It’s hard enough just breathing.” “You

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

James Tulsky did a study in the late 80s looking at how residents at UCSF talked about code status, where the paradigmatic way was, if your heart stops, do you want us to resuscitate it? Alex: A feeding tube. 20 years later, Wendy Anderson did exactly the same study and found that residents at UCSF used exactly the same language.

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Can I Include End of Life Care Wishes in My Will?

Seasons Hospice

There are four main types of advanced directives: living wills, durable powers of attorney, do-not-resuscitate orders, and five wishes. Do-not-resuscitate orders instruct medical staff not to revive the individual if their heart stops or they stop breathing. Do you want to be resuscitated if your heart stops beating?