NURS 6512 Week 11 Assignment Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning

Week 11 Assignment A 57-year-old man who was diagnosed with motor neuron disease 2 years ago is experiencing a rapid decline in his condition. He prefers to be admitted to the in-patient unit at a hospice to receive end-of-life care, but his wife wants him to remain at home. Ethical concerns will always exist in the healthcare industry. Breakdowns in communication, a patient’s autonomy being compromised, ineffective symptom management, non-beneficial care, and shared decision making are reasons ethical dilemmas arise during end of life (EOL) care (Cheon, Coyle, Wiegand, & Welsh, 2015, as cited in Pirschel, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the health assessment information needed to form appropriate interventions, and the tasks needed to overcome t