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(answered) Deliverable 5 - Living Will complete latest 2021-Definition of a Living Will Healthcare workers in the line of duty, encounter different dilemmas, some of which they are required to make pi... votal decisions. As a result, in the delivery of services, it is an inevitable prerequisite for healthcare workers to adhere to the ethical and legal regulations and provisions strictly. The leading causal necessity for healthcare workers adherence to ethical and legal rules are patients wanting to know that their doctors as well as the support staff associated with their care and appropriately understand their wishes and will abide by them. Notably, such conversations between patients and healthcare workers happen preferably before a procedure or emergency occurs. However, on several occasions, this pivotal information is found missing from a patient’s file, thus underlining the fundamentality of obtaining living wills from patients. Essentially, a living will refer to a legal document or written statement that specifies an individual’s desires concerning impending medical resuscitation such as CPR, ventilators, and feeding tubes in the event the individual becomes incapacitated and is unable to make decisions (Carr and Luth, 2017). For example, in the event of an unconscious patient and with no advance directive in place, often, families and/or healthcare providers are obligated to make difficult healthcare decisions, possibly creating problematic outcomes in patients and family situations (Miller, 2017). Therefore, Three Mountains Regional Hospital in its endeavor to ensure that the healthcare team completes directives of the patient's wishes in case of incapacitation and to also increase trust with their patients is committed to obtaining living wills from patients. Requisite Pieces and Details To truly comprehend this pivotal document, it’s important to consider its requisite elements. Below I have created several life-saving measures included in a lining will. These [Show More]
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