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1. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

   fr.dad replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

   Lets just hold up for a moment! There is a better way. There is a very fine resource for potential PAS candidates that is not yet being appropriately utilized. Hospice could have a very major impact on the circumstances that prompt patients to requ...

2. Ethical dilemma

   fr.dad replied to GooeyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Gooey, I, too, agree it was right to give the med. Your intention was to ease the pain you thought the pt. was in. Such palliative care is absolutely ethical in end of life situations, in spite of risk for depressed respiration. You said it was y...

3. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   fr.dad replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   Other issues that should be getting more attention here: 1. Hospice. While we did not know for sure earlier, the pt's condition and diagnosis have suggested all along that she is approaching the end of life. Medicine does not know how to heal adva...

4. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   fr.dad replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   I apologize. If you check you will see I took that message down almost immediately. Actually, I re-read your post and realized I had mis-read your words so I removed my response. I hope you and I are the only ones who saw it, because it is gone now...

5. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   fr.dad replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   There are a number of factors being ignored or getting too little discussion in this thread. 1. This pt [not some hypothetical text book pt, some other pt with a different set of circumstances who was treated in the past] does have a DNR in place. ...

6. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

   fr.dad replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you DutchgirlRN for initiating this discussion. I am sorry the pancreatitis was not resolved and the patient died. - ...