Question 1: Explain some key differences between hospice, palliative care, euthanasia and medical aid in dying; making sure to use resources to reference. What does the nurse need to know in order to properly care for a patient at the end of life?
Watch the HBO VICE series clip. See link here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgj2VXltbuI
Question 2: After watching the video, consider your own feelings. Describe your thoughts and general ideas after watching the video on a personal level about the right to die and choice. Does this contradict any personal or religious beliefs you might have? Briefly describe what you feel the point of the VICE series was; what was the series trying to show?
Read the short article attached ANA Ethics Advisory Board:
http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-24-2019/No3-Sept-2019/Nurses-Role-Medical-Aid-in-Dying.html
Question 3: Summarize in your own words what the ANAs position statement is stating about the role of the nurse when caring for a patient who requests medical aid in dying.
Question 4: Describe after viewing the VICE series and reading the ANA article how personal and professional values and beliefs might arise in a circumstance where a nurse is caring for a patient who requests medical aid in dying?
Discussion Protocol.
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