Question

What changes have you made in your nursing practice after caring for chronically ill clients and those who required palliative and end of life care?

Describe the areas in your practice where you believe you need more development.

In what ways can and will you advocate or perhaps lobby for chronically ill clients to ensure their dignity, safety, autonomy and rights?

Answer 1

Answer : After taking care of the chronically ill patient, I have learned that they need extra care along with the proper treatment. Chronically ill means that situation where a person is unable to perform at least two activities of daily living such as eating, toileting, transferring, bathing and dressing, or requires considerable supervision to protect from crisis relating to health and safety due to severe impairment concerning mind. Consoling the patient's family is one of the toughest tasks, because as soon as person hear about the palliative care they get afraid about it. These patient and thier family needs much support moral as well as ethical.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1) grants us the right to life, liberty and security of person (1: Article 3). Additionally, we as human beings also have the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of oneself and one’s family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care” and the right to support during the period of illness, disability, unemployment etc (1: Art. 25). The Declaration recognises “the inherent dignity” (1: Art. 1) and the “equal and unalienable rights of all members of the human family” (Preamble). The patient’s right to have a say in his/her own treatment depends upon the model of physician-patient relationship.

To maintain the dignity, safety etc are the rights of the patient and as a healthcare professional we should obey every rules and regulation.