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Done Right, Advance Care Planning Can Reduce High-Acuity Utilization

Hospice News

Those were a group of outcomes that we looked at that included mechanical ventilation, hospital admissions within the last 30 days of life, intensive care unit admissions, receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and chemotherapy within the last two weeks of life. That usually may not be not prolonging life, just putting off death.

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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. Missouri set a very high bar, explicit written documentation that applies to this specific circumstance, which the Cruzan’s eventually cleared. And I think that’s where we want to be.

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An Introduction to Advance Directives

Traditions Health

If you want to be resuscitated if your heartbeat stops. However, even if the document is extremely thorough, there’s still a chance that something unexpected will happen. This will ensure they understand everything in the document, and you will be able to answer any of their questions about your treatment preferences.

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

Seasons Hospice

This document can specify your end-of-life wishes in the event that you become unable to make decisions for yourself. There are four main types of advanced directives: living wills, durable powers of attorney, do-not-resuscitate orders, and five wishes. How Should You Document Your End Of Life Wishes?

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A Career In NICU Nursing

Diversity Nursing

They have the capability to perform neonatal resuscitation at every delivery and to evaluate and provide routine postnatal care for healthy newborn infants. These nurseries may provide assisted ventilation on an interim basis until the infant’s condition either soon improves or the infant can be transferred to a higher-level facility.

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Hospice Nurses Take a Holistic Approach to Dementia Care

Nurse.com

The process helps primary care professionals identify a person’s care goals and document and communicate their medical and personal preferences. “If Documenting care preferences in advance — Planning care early in the disease process is a meaningful way to identify, document, and communicate a patient’s goals.

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

GeriPal

I think one of the residents you asked how would they broach a subject, and he said wording like, “Unfortunately, he still needs a ventilator.” ” You talk about this too, even in your own training, where even around CPR, the training is like he might need a ventilator if he couldn’t protect his airway.