While Opposition to Nursing Involvement in Assisted Suicide Grows, a Dire Warning from Canada

While Opposition to Nursing Involvement in Assisted Suicide Grows, a Dire Warning from Canada

This article was published by Nancy Valko on April 12, 2019

Nancy Valko

By Nancy Valko

In March, I wrote a blog “Is the American Nurses Association Ready to Drop Opposition to Assisted Suicide?” about the ANA draft position paper changing its stance from opposition to assisted suicide to “The Nurse’s Role When a Patient Requests Aid in Dying”. “Aid in Dying” is the ANA’s new term for assisted suicide. I included a link for public comments on this change that gave a deadline of April 8, 2019. 

Hospice Hell: The Dangers of Morphine (WATCH BEFORE SAYING YES TO HOSPICE!)

If I had only Known!!!
No Dose of Morphine is helpful! Morphine pushes the patient to death!

Culture of Secrecy Shields Hospitals With Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant Infections

The lack of transparency puts patients at risk, some say. Institutions say disclosure could scare some people away from seeking needed medical care.

The C.D.C. made a public announcement when an antibiotic-resistant form of the rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria sickened several American travelers to Tijuana, Mexico. But it does not reveal which hospitals in the United States are battling infectious outbreaks.CreditJanice Haney Carr/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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The C.D.C. made a public announcement when an antibiotic-resistant form of the rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria sickened several American travelers to Tijuana, Mexico. But it does not reveal which hospitals in the United States are battling infectious outbreaks.CreditCreditJanice Haney Carr/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HOW A MARYLAND HOSPITAL REDUCED SEPSIS MORTALITY BY 65%

HOW A MARYLAND HOSPITAL REDUCED SEPSIS MORTALITY BY 65%

The adoption of an EMR-based screening tool and a sepsis treatment bundle drove down mortality rates markedly over four years.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

Sepsis is a leading cause of death in the United States.

Early detection of sepsis in hospitals is crucial to reducing mortality rates.

Initiatives to transform a hospital's approach to sepsis take significant time and effort.

WHY AND HOW TO REFUSE TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR

WHY AND HOW TO REFUSE TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR

The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act was revised in 2006 and most states have adopted it. Everyone who has not explicitly refused to be an organ donor is now considered a “prospective donor.” This means that, if you are “at or near death,” your hospital must notify an Organ Procurement Organization (OPO). While the OPO searches for a “reasonably available” family member or other person who can legally consent or refuse to donate your organs, the medical team can treat you like a donor, subjecting you to medical procedures—not beneficial to you—solely to make certain your organs are in tip-top condition for the potential recipient.

Before organ transplantation was possible, physicians waited long enough to be certain that circulatory and respiratory functions had irreversibly ceased. Death was declared only when there were no vital signs—the body was cold, blue and stiff. Today, however, in the haste to procure vital organs before they begin to deteriorate due to loss of circulation, death is often declared to enable organ transplantation, not to protect the donor from a death-dealing mistake.

Every state maintains an Organ Donor Registry listing people who have agreed to be organ donors, either on a driver’s license application or by signing an organ donor card. These state registries are readily accessed by Organ Procurement Organizations (a.k.a. Organ Donor Networks). However, NO STATE has a registry for those who do not want to be organ donors. Therefore, it is up to you to protect yourself. Refuse to be an organ donor IN WRITING.

Sign and carry with you an I REFUSE TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR wallet card. To request a wallet card, email feedback@halorganization.com.

Terminal but not dead yet – Vicki's Story #DefendNZ Documentary 4

Terminal but not dead yet – Vicki's Story #DefendNZ Documentary 4

Vicki’s eligibility under the End of Life Choice Bill:

In 2011, Vicki was diagnosed with Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) – the same aggressive brain tumour that Wellington lawyer Lecretia Seales died from. It is colloquially known as “The Terminator”. At the time of her diagnosis Vicki was given a life expectancy of 12 to 14 months. Even though she has outlived this prognosis, she is still considered terminal.

Anti-euthanasia campaigner documents brain cancer battle in film

Vicki Walsh has lived with terminal illness for eight years, and the thought of making euthanasia legal alarms her.

Vicki WTokomaru woman Vicki Walsh has well and truly out-lived her life insurance payout.

Diagnosed with the brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme nearly eight years ago, the prognosis was that she would be dead in 12 to 148 months.

She nearly was.

Not from the cancer, but by her own hand.