Category: Death

  • Opioid Use Disorder and Death: Evidence Appraisal

    NR 439 PICOT Worksheet Purpose: To identify a problem or concern that nursing can change and develop a PICOT question to guide the change project. Directions: Use the required form below to complete the Week 3 Assignment PICOT Evidence Worksheet. This includes filling in the table with information about your research question and your PICOT…

  • Natural Death Act and Life-Sustaining Treatment

    A natural death act is a form of a living will be supported by a statutory enforcement. The common form of the act is a declaration to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment in terminal state occurrence. A person must sign it over 18 years of age and in a state that allows for understanding the…

  • Death and Dying in America: A Nursing Point of View

    Birth and death are the two things that a single person can never avoid in this life. It is possible to avoid illnesses, financial challenges, hunger, psychological disorders, etc. Still, human birth and death remain to be unchangeable: one day, a person appears in the world, another day, a person leaves this world. However, such…

  • Arts and the Black Death

    In mid-14th century, the Black Death plague swept across Europe, killing more than 40% of the population. While the continent experienced economic growth and a cultural flourishing in early years, towards the middle of the century, Europe was in crisis from war, famine and disease. However, cultural change continued to persist as arts took on…

  • Nursing View on Death and Dying in America

    Table of Contents Palliative Care Euthanasia Hospice Conclusion References One of the principal responsibilities of nurses is an ascertaining of a human life ending. In this connection, the death of the person makes the socio-psychological and ethical impacts on nurses. When considering issues of death and dying in modern medicine from the standpoint of the…

  • Universal Determination of Death Act (UDDA)

    Table of Contents Introduction Significance of UDDA Pros and cons Conclusion References Introduction The Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) is a draft state law provides a definition of death mainly for application in situations that require legal intervention (Holland, 2013). The Act was drafted in 1981 and offers explanations for when a person can…

  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Health Promotion Plan

    Table of Contents Introduction Problem Analyzation Health Promotion within American Indians/Alaska Natives The Establishment of Agreed-upon Health Goals References Introduction Public health nurses (PHN) play a critical role in providing healthcare for individuals, families, and society through delivering medical service, intervention, preventive care, and health education. In this respect, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) poses…

  • Dying and Death From a Nursing Perspective

    Annotated Bibliography: Dying and Death Radomska, M., Mehrabi, T., Lykke, N., Radomska, M., & Mehrabi, T. (2020). Queer death studies/: Death , Dying and Mourning from a Queerfeminist Perspective Queer Death Studies/: Death , Dying and Mourning from a Queerfeminist Perspective. Web. This article explains the special issue entitled Queer Death Studies examines a recently…

  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Description

    Table of Contents Introduction Risk Factors Problem Examination within the Community Agreed-upon Health Goals Session Evaluation Session Evaluation (cont.): Healthy People 2020 Session Evaluation (cont.): Leading Health Indicators Conclusion References Introduction Babies usually die quietly and without evidence of a struggle. SIDSs diagnosis is set when the infants death cannot be explained. It is the…

  • Deadly Deliveries: Insufficient Safety Practices & Maternal Death

    A short film directed by Dufour and Gruber (2018) to support USA Todays investigation into recent maternal death cases sheds light on the insufficiency of safety practices implemented in parturient women. It is intuitively clear that increasing costs of services should be followed by improved customer safety protection strategies. However, based on the maternal death…