Reference no: EM132332627

Week Eight Discussion

For the discussion board you are required to post one primary post by Friday and reply to two classmates by Sundday. The posts must be made on (3) separate days to ensure your participate at least 3 days. Remember you need to add substantively to the conversation. The discussion board is only for the topic being discussed. We have a class cafe where you can meet other students and ask them questions and we have an "ask the professor" area that you can use to ask me questions.

For the eighth Discussion in our course, please answer the following:

Discussion Topic: A prognosis for a patient gives an estimation of their life expectancy.

Many physicians do not like to give a prognosis statistics to patients because prognostic indicators do not take into account many factors that affect a patient's outcome. A patient's mental attitude, overall health, family support, spiritual beliefs, and even closeness to pets greatly affect the outcome.

For this discussion, please further explore those aspects surrounding a patient that may affect their prognosis, either positively or negatively. Chose at least one, and explain things you could suggest a patient do to increase their possibility of a positive outcome. For example, in clinics, we often put nature scenes on the ceiling so that when patients receive treatment they experience a little of the calming effects that nature and photography invoke.

Week Nine Discussion

For the discussion board you are required to post one primary post by Wednesday and reply to two classmates by Sunday. The posts must be made on (3) separate days to ensure your participate at least 3 days. Remember you need to add substantively to the conversation. The discussion board is only for the topic being discussed. We have a class cafe where you can meet other students and ask them questions and we have an "ask the professor" area that you can use to ask me questions.

For the ninth Discussion in our, please answer the following:

"There are seven written principle of bioethics. Discuss an example (other than one in the book) of two and how it may be applied to healthcare. Discussion post should be a minimum of two paragraphs with citations as necessary. Responses need to further explore classmate's posts and not a simple" I agree" or "Great post" comment in one or two sentences."

Week Eleven Discussion

For the discussion board you are required to post one primary post by Wednesday and reply to two classmates by Sunday. The posts must be made on (3) separate days to ensure your participate at least 3 days. Remember you need to add substantively to the conversation. The discussion board is only for the topic being discussed. We have a class cafe where you can meet other students and ask them questions and we have an "ask the professor" area that you can use to ask me questions.

For the eleventh Discussion in our course, please answer the following:

"Emotional intelligence is an important concept in business, and healthcare in particular. Without understanding emotional intelligence and your own emotional strengths and weaknesses, it is difficult to help patients navigate through often complicated emotional issues. For this discussion,

- First look up the definition of emotional intelligence to gain a background understanding.

- Second, take the emotional intelligence questionnaire sections 1-4.

Once you have obtained your results, share some of the result of this test with your classmates. Identify two areas of weakness, and discuss one or two ways you can improve upon each these areas. Also, briefly discuss how these weaknesses could affect your work as a radiation therapist."

Week Twelve Discussion

For the discussion board you are required to post one primary post by Wednesday and reply to two classmates by Sunday. The posts must be made on (3) separate days to ensure your participate at least 3 days. Remember you need to add substantively to the conversation. The discussion board is only for the topic being discussed. We have a class cafe where you can meet other students and ask them questions and we have an "ask the professor" area that you can use to ask me questions.

For the twelfth Discussion in our course, please answer the following:

Hospice Care is the largest provider of care for palliative patients in our country. Some of our patients are in hospice while under our care. Unlike most of healthcare in this country, in hospice care, the patient and loved ones are all treated like "the patient". For this week's discussion, you need to review information on https://www.nhpco.org/about/hospice-care (the website for hospice) to gain background information on hospice. Then using your knowledge of ethics and hospice, please answer questions to the following scenario:

"Members of a hospice team presented a case of a Muslim patient, whose family was keeping him from knowledge of his terminal status. The patient was asking, "why am I getting weaker and no one is telling me anything?" The case involved the ethical principles of the autonomy of the family and the veracity of the hospice team. The family asked hospice staff not to let him know that he was dying. The team was informed that the family wanted their father to ask for the forgiveness of God before he knows that he is dying. According to their understanding of Muslim teaching a person can only be forgiven if one seeks forgiveness before knowing about the imminence of death."

Answer the following:

1. How does this scenario have to do with the ethical principles of autonomy and veracity?

2. Using your understanding of ethics and hospice, please explain, in a minimum of a paragraph, what you believe the ethical solution to this scenario is? What, as a healthcare worker, can be done to remedy this situation?