End-of-Life Decisions
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.
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 FOUR 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.
