NURS 3325 Assignment Advance Directive Submission
NURS 3325 Assignment Advance Directive Submission
NURS 3325 Assignment Advance Directive Submission
Upload the completed Advance Directives here.
Obtain both living will and a power of attorney for health care documents from your place of work, the Internet, or other source.
Complete both documents, including obtaining witness signature. (If a notary public is required by your State law, locate one and record the location and cost of service. You do not need to actually have it notarized for this course.) Texas does not require them to be notarized. (Upload copies of the paperwork under the appropriate assignment)
Discuss your advance directives with the person you would like to make healthcare decisions for you. If you have no one, discuss with a classmate or coworker.
Include a citation to the site where you retrieved your advance directive (if you obtained it online) or from your reading on advance directives. It does NOT have to be in APA format. Just explain where you obtained the form
For the discussion:
How difficult was it to find these forms?
Do you feel they are important for an older adult to have?
Would an older adult need help finding them? completing them?
Has this assignment made you change your opinion regarding advance directives?
The COVID-19 pandemic has motivated an ever-growing number of people to contemplate what treatments they would and would not like to receive at the end of life. Many individuals, driven by media stories about hospital situations, life-or-death decisions about ventilators, and dying alone in a pandemic, are reconsidering their advance directives or writing them for the first time.
Many people assume their loved ones will know what to do “when the time comes,” but data show few Americans have had detailed conversations about their wishes for end-of-life care.
Fully 92 percent of individuals surveyed by The Conversation Project said talking with their loved ones about end-of-life care is important, but just 32 percent have actually done so. A July 2017 Health Affairs survey found the majority of Americans had not documented their end-of-life wishes in writing, either.
Determining how to broach these topics with people important to us can be a challenge, but having these conversations can be liberating. Making and documenting concrete preferences for end-of-life care doesn’t have to be daunting. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a document that could serve as a catalyst for these conversations and provide clear instructions for how you want to die?
Good news: such a document exists. It’s called an advance directive, and completing it is one of the best ways to ensure your care preferences are honored. Especially in the Covid-19 era, an advance directive can provide peace of mind and control when everything in the world seems uncertain.
In this article, we answer some of the most frequently asked questions about advance directives and provide you with the information you need to create your own for your Life File.