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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Nursing Management > Evidence-Based Advance Directives: A Study Guide for Nurses Evidence-Based Advance
Directives: A Study Guide for Nurses Softbound book + nursing contact hours It's the nurse's job to effectively communicate options to patients and to ensure they fully understand the consequences of their decisions. Then, most importantly, it is the nurse's responsibility to make sure patients' wishes are carried out as the patients have authorized. Special Note to Executive Nurses: This book has been written for all nurses. You may wish to purchase several copies and provide these to your nurses and managers for in-service training. They will appreciate the extra nursing contact hours it provides, and, you will know that you are complying with JCAHO and CMS rules and standards. This book is effective for both classroom instruction and self-study. A practical and necessary training tool, Evidence-Based Advance Directives provides a concise overview of the legal, ethical, and cultural aspects of advance directives that affect nursing. In light of recent high-profile events, end-of-life healthcare issues are more complex than ever. Your patients are more aware of their options and abilities to exercise their rights. At the same time, new advance directives legislation is being tied to your Medicare reimbursement. Of course, there will also be increased scrutiny from regulators like the JCAHO. Accountability will continue to be placed squarely on nursing shoulders. Nurses are held responsible for:
When it comes to advance directives, a patient's wish must be your command. It is such a serious responsibility. To put patients at ease, nurses must be extremely comfortable discussing advance directives with their patients. The nurse is held accountable for being the patient's advocate. Using case studies and role play activities, Evidence-Based Advance Directives will help nurses become more comfortable discussing advance directives with patients. It examines the cultural elements that influence advance directives to help nurses learn how to broach the difficult subjects, mindful of the cultural influences and without personal bias. It provides prepares nurses to advocate for patients in the event their advance directives are not being followed by hospital personnel or the patients' families. With this versatile guide, instructors have the option to lead informative educational sessions in a classroom setting - or to distribute it to individual staff nurses for use as a self-study tool. Either way, the comprehensive exam at the end of the study guide will allow the nurses to assess the effectiveness of the training and the knowledge gained. Topics fully covered include:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
Dinah Brothers, RN, JD, is a staff attorney for the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners in Austin. In this position, Ms. Brothers litigates cases against physicians for failure to practice medicine within the appropriate standard of care, for sexually inappropriate behavior with patients, and for intemperate drug and alcohol use. Prior to becoming an attorney, she worked as a nurse for ten years. Softbound book + nursing contact hours
It's the nurse's job to effectively communicate options to patients and to ensure they fully understand the consequences of their decisions. Then, most importantly, it is the nurse's responsibility to make sure patients' wishes are carried out as the patients have authorized.
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This educational activity for three nursing contact hours is
provided by HCPro as a provider of
continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center's Commission on Accreditation.