Discuss the laws, policies, and choices surrounding end-of-life health care decisions.

DISCUSS THE LAWS, POLICIES, AND CHOICES SURROUNDING END-OF-LIFE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
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Paper details Write an article for a community newsletter for a local retirement village that explains the laws, policies, and choices surrounding end-of-life health care decisions. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: • Competency 1: Explain the effect of health care policies, legislation, and legal issues on health care delivery and patient outcomes. o Identify the primary policies that define current health care practices in regard to end-of-life health care decisions. o Explain the legislation that generated end-of-life health care policies. • Competency 2: Explain the effect of regulatory environments and controls on health care delivery and patient outcomes. o Explain the effect of end-of-life regulations and controls on patient outcomes. • Competency 3: Apply professional nursing ethical standards and principles to the decision-making process. o Describe the role of the nurse in end-of-life decision making with patients and their families. o Describe the ethical considerations that have influenced policy decisions in regard to end-of-life decisions. To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. • How should nurses manage patients whose end-of-life decisions may run contrary to their personal beliefs and values? • How can nurses influence new policies, laws, or legislation regarding end-of life decisions? • What are some of the most difficult decisions patients and families have to make at the end of the patient’s life? Your manager asked you to prepare an article for a community newsletter for a local retirement village. The editor wants you to talk about the laws, policies, and choices surrounding end-of-life health care decisions Preparation Search the Internet for scholarly and professional peer-reviewed articles on end-of-life care. You will need at least three articles to use as support for your work on this assessment. Write an article 4 pages that discusses the laws, policies, and choices surrounding end-of-life health care decisions. Address the following in your article: • Describe the role of the nurse in end-of-life decision making with patients and their families. • Explain the legislation that generated end-of-life health care policies. Was the legislation an outcome of a specific medical case? • Identify the primary policies regarding current health care practices related to end-of-life health care decisions. How to these policies affect treatment decisions? • Explain the effect of end-of-life regulations and controls on patient outcomes. What effect does this have on the nurse-patient relationship? • Describe the ethical considerations that have influenced policy decisions in regard to end-of-life decisions. • References: Cite a minimum of three resources; a majority of these should be peer-reviewed sources. Your reference list should be appropriate to the body of literature available on this topic that has been published in the past 5 years.