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Essay on Nursing Care Plan

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Essay on Nursing Care Plan

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Running Head: NURSINGNursing Name of the StudentName of the University Author Note
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1NURSINGIntroduction With the increasing population of older adults, there is an increasing prevalence ofchronic disability. Many people lack the awareness on whom to communicate about the end oflife care. In response to this situation, advance care planning and directives has been developedin Australia. The paper argues in favour of the use of Advance Care Planning (ACP) anddiscusses ethical dilemma related to it. Ethical dilemma is a situation where one cannot reach asolution in ethically acceptable fashion.Significance to Advanced Care Planning & DirectivesACP is the national program that assists individual with resources and health careinformation. With the help of the program, the individuals can make the health care decisions.The care providers can know the preferences, values and beliefs of the client through ACP andboth together can plan for the future medical care. This program is based on the ethical principlesincluding autonomy, beneficence and non-maleficence. On the other hand, the advance caredirectives or ACD is the written document that guides the future care of patients in the event theyare not able to directly involve in decision-making. ACP should be used in Australia for it hasmany benefits (Mullick et al., 2013).According to randomised control trial by Detering et al. (2010) ACP and ACD improvesthe end of life care. It improves the quality of death as it considers the patient’s preferences andrespects their wishes. Thus, ACP allows both patient and family satisfaction with care. Theprocess reduces the likelihood of the patient to due in unwanted place or unwanted hospitaladmissions. It reduces the depression, stress and anxiety in the surviving relatives.
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