Chief nursing officer guidelines
He has a past medical history of Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia. Smoker for 20 years, He was working in an office. For the past two years, he also been suffering with joint pains and the family doctor had started him on Allopurinol 100 mg TID. No significant family history. Today he is conscious, oriented X 3, has mild breathing difficulty on Oxygen 2L via nasal prongs. His code status is FULL code, denies any chest pain, has consumed 30% of his dinner. During your care, you notice that the patient is very quiet, not interested in communicating and wants to keep his eyes closed always. As you start developing a rapport, he opens up and expresses his wish to die. Mr. John is enquiring if the doctors or nurses could help him die soon. As a nurse you are not in favor of MAID.
1. Who are other Interprofessional team members who could be involved in the care of this patient?
2. This patient has enquired about assistance with dying. How will you respond to his question? Please refer to Chief Nursing Officer guidelines on Medical Assistance in dying.
Please refer Chief nursing Officer guidelines MAID – http://cno.org/globalassets/docs/prac/41056-guidance-on-nurses-roles-in-maid.pdf
3. Using the IDEA framework of Chief Nursing Officer , resolve the ethical dilemma
