Hi Ms. Davis,
IMO, if a patient deliberately chooses to increase their risk despite nurses advising them of the danger then they are problems waiting to happen. We all know the drill. The nurse/doctor/therapist, etc. didn't warn them firmly enough, or document well enough, or consult the ethics people. I support free choice but we need to be very aware that people reinvent their pasts to claim ignorance of things later. Sadly, still more documentation for nurses needs to be completed in anticipation of problems.
Nerissa
--- On Tue, 11/18/08, Davis, Betty <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Davis, Betty <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: dignity
> To: "Nerissa Belcher" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 3:10 PM
> You stated, "Show them respect unless doing so harms
> their medical
> care." Does that imply that noncompliance or
> disagreement with the plan
> of care warrants disrespect? That statement seems to
> disallow free
> choice.... And, please, be gentle....
>
> Betty W. Davis, PhD, RN, CNE
> Assistant Dean, Nursing
> Program Head, Associate Degree Nursing
> Meridian Community College
> 910 Hwy. 19 North
> Meridian, MS 39307
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