Pina Linda L
Department of Nursing, California University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Pa Nurse. 2009 Dec;64(4):13-4.
The working world of nurses is often filled with deep-running emotions and physical exhaustion as we care for our dying patients. We feel the need to step back and gain perspective when faced with a dying patient, or more appropriately, a dying person. We must also keep in mind the family of the dying who may have similar feelings. It is nearly impossible to be a nurse and not have to care for a dying patient; thus, we often find ourselves dealing with living wills. The living will is the more common of the two forms of an advance directive; the other is the durable power of attorney for healthcare. Since living wills are so common, and laws about them vary from state-to-state, it is important for the professional nurse in Pennsylvania to understand how living wills work in our state. This may best be approached by considering the 5 Ws related to living wills.
当我们照顾临终患者时，护士的工作世界常常充满了深刻的情感和身体上的疲惫。面对临终患者，或者更确切地说，面对一个即将离世的人时，我们感到有必要退后一步，审视全局。我们还必须牢记，临终者的家人可能也有类似的感受。几乎不可能成为一名护士而不照顾临终患者；因此，我们经常发现自己要处理生前预嘱。生前预嘱是预先医疗指示的两种形式中较为常见的一种；另一种是医疗保健持久授权书。由于生前预嘱非常普遍，而且各州关于它们的法律各不相同，对于宾夕法尼亚州的专业护士来说，了解生前预嘱在我们州是如何运作的很重要。这最好通过考虑与生前预嘱相关的5个W来进行探讨。
