Mr. Nick Barber, a 47-year-old professor, is a trauma patientwho sustained injuries when he was crossing the street on campus.He was struck by a fast-moving car that failed to stop at a stopsign. He was rushed to the emergency department and then to surgeryto repair his injuries. After surgery he was transferred to themedical-surgical unit for postsurgical management. Brad is thenursing student assigned to Mr. Barber. Currently Mr. Barber isresting quietly in his room with his wife present. Mr.Barber has a durable power of attorney for health care(DPAHC) :
1- What is the role of Power of Attorney? Describe it indetails?
2- What are the other types of patient decision makingoptions? Explain each in details?
Margaret is a first-semester nursing student who is doing herclinical rotation in an assisted-living care facility. She isassigned to Mr. Alfred Smith, an 81-year-old African-American malewho has dementia. Mr. Smith’s family could no longer take care ofhim at home because he became combative in the evenings as a resultof the effects of sundowner’s syndrome.
to preserve his safety, Mr. Smith now lives on the locked unitat the assisted-living facility where one or more members of hisimmediate and extended family come to visit every day. In addition,Mr. Smith’s great niece, Harriet, works at the same facility andchecks on Mr. Smith during each of her shifts.
