Becoming an adult gerontology nurse practitioner, I will be the spokesperson for my patient and honor their rights and give them dignity. I will ensure my patients are informed on what advance directives and living wills are in case they ever are unable to make a sound decision and they wouldn’t want to put that burden on there love ones. Everyone should honor a patient wishes as it is not causing any harm. Through education with end of life, DNR, palliative care services, hospice services and advance directives the tales will be eliminated, and anxiety/fear will be decreased (Hamric, Hanson, Tracy, & O’Grady, 2014).
Jessica has been a nurse practitioner for nearly two decades. She has been providing primary care services to home bound and home limited patients since 2013 with an organization known as MD2U in Evansville, Indiana. In viewing the documentary, The Invisible Patient, Jessica presented herself as a disruptive innovator. According to Hamric, Hanson, Tracy, & O’Grady, “disruptive innovation transforms an existing market or creates a new market […]