Nursing Assignment Case Study 2022

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NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Case Study A
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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Table of Contents
Question 1........................................................................................................................................2
Part A...........................................................................................................................................2
Part B...........................................................................................................................................2
Question 2........................................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Question 1
Part A
The patient of this case study, named Wendy, has been suffering from brain cancer since
five years and currently the diagnosed report showed that the cancer had become widely
metastatic. The doctor already warned the family members of the patient that they might find the
personality of the patient may get changed and also the patient may become forgetful because of
the progression of the disease. The GCS value was found 15 after 5 days of admission which
meant that the brain alert was mild. The doctors recommended her to enter to a respite facility so
that she can get proper treatment however neither she nor her family allowed her to go for a
respite facility. Hospital care is not always helpful in curing a patient. In the given case study,
Wendy had recently heard about euthanasia and also was enquiring about the matter that whether
it could be an option for her. Euthanasia can be defined as the steps taken to end someone’s life
so that they can be relived from the sufferings and pain (Aubry, 2016). Different countries have
different laws of euthanasia and it can be differentiated into voluntary euthanasia, non-voluntary
and involuntary euthanasia. The voluntary euthanasia is conducted after taking consent from the
patient, the involuntary euthanasia means when the patients are killed against their consent and
non-voluntary is conducted when the consent of the patient is not available (Testoni et al., 2017).
The patient of the case study was getting frustrated because of the pain and suffering and she
wished it is better for her to go for euthanasia.
Part B
The psychiatrist can help in curing or supporting the patient who is aiming to go for
euthanasia. Euthanasia is not the way of getting cured from a disease. This is the way of killing a