EOL care reflection.

A Reflection of End of Life Care
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After reviewing the model, I answered the case study questions where I got some right and missed others. Two questions that I responded wrongly were question six and seven (Syrjala., 2014). I answered question six incorrectly because of failing to consider Ms. Sheppard’s role as a patient in the management of her conditions. I only thought reducing her pain could be by avoiding disruption. What I did not put into account is that apart from disruption during the change of bed sheets, other events led to pain in cancer patients but disregarded them altogether. In general medical practice, avoiding disturbance to the patient serves as a care method (Turk et al., 2018). The interdisciplinary team focuses on preventing disturbance as a way of care to their patients.
I answered question seven incorrectly because of assuming that the patient could not talk due to shortness of breath. Mr. Allen is suffering from respiratory conditions that may be fatal if not treated in time (McDermott et al., 2015). Considering that a patient is an old man, respiratory conditions may lead to death if proper action the nurse fails to take the necessary steps. Therapy would serve as the first aid measure to arrest the situation before the situation aggravates. When the situation seemed fatal as in Mr. Allen’s case, it would be wise to rush the individual to the intensive care unit (Nagalingam et al., 2013). My choice for therapy and ICU were appropriate to save the situation early enough.

In conclusion, I answered incorrectly because of considering the patient only for question six. I felt that avoiding disturbing the patient when changing the sheets would alleviate her pain not remembering other factors caused pain to the cancer patient. On the other had it was wise to engage the Mr. Allen in therapy and then rush him to the ICU to avoid the fatality of the breathing condition (Villar et al., 2015).
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McDermott, D. F., Drake, C. G., Sznol, M., Choueiri, T. K., Powderly, J. D., Smith, D. C., … & Hodi, F. S. (2015). Survival, durable response, and long-term safety in patients with previously treated advanced renal cell carcinoma receiving nivolumab. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 33(18), 2013.
Nagalingam, N. A., Cope, E. K., & Lynch, S. V. (2013). Probiotic strategies for treatment of respiratory diseases. Trends in microbiology, 21(9), 485-492.
Syrjala, K. L., Jensen, M. P., Mendoza, M. E., Yi, J. C., Fisher, H. M., & Keefe, F. J. (2014). Psychological and behavioral approaches to cancer pain management. Journal of clinical oncology, 32(16), 1703.
Turk, D. C., & Gatchel, R. J. (Eds.). (2018). Psychological approaches to pain management: a practitioner’s handbook. Guilford publications.
Villar, J., Fernández, R. L., Ambrós, A., Parra, L., Blanco, J., Domínguez-Berrot, A. M., … & Prieto, F. (2015). A clinical classification of the acute respiratory distress syndrome for predicting outcome and guiding medical therapy. Critical care medicine, 43(2), 346-353.