Terminology
This term is a legal and ethical issue of autonomy, and is upheld when all relative information is provided. It must be obtained voluntarily and uncoerced.
What is "Informed Consent"?
This was the first state to pass a DWD act in 1994, permitting PAS.
What is Oregon?
This document guides nursing leadership and management in safe and ethical patient care.
What is the 2015 ANA Code of Ethics?
This provision in the ANA Code of Ethics directly asserts the demand for quality control, ethical care and patient safety.
What is Provision 6?
In 2017, the US spent this much $$ on health care costs.
What is $3 trillion?
This term is when a physician prescribes a regimen of medications to assist the patient in death.
What is "Physician-Assisted Suicide"?
This many states in the US currently permit PAS.
What is 9?
This nursing role is responsible for creating an ethical and safe environment, per the ANA Code of Ethics Provision 6.
Who is a nurse manager?
These two medications are preferred for PAS/assisted death.
What is pentobarbital and secobarbital?
Patients seeking PAS spend anywhere from __ to __ dollars out of pocket.
What is $3k- $20k?
This term is when a physician withholds life-sustaining treatment, or directly administers life-ending treatment.
What is "Euthanasia?"
This life-ending measure is illegal in all 50 states, and considered manslaughter.
What is ethanasia?
This nursing role is responsible for supporting patient autonomy, optimizing outcomes and upholding safety measures, per the ANA Code of Ethics Provision 3.
Who is a nurse leader?
In 2014, this woman relocated to Oregon for access to PAS after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor at the age of 29.
Who is Brittany Maynard?
This resource to patients does not cover PAS costs.
What is health insurance?
This term is the relocation of individuals, nationally or internationally, in order to obtain PAS when their home state denies access.
What is "Suicide Tourism" ?
The number of people moving to this country for PAS access has doubled between 2008 and 2012.
What is Switzerland?
This nursing role is responsible for respecting human dignity and providing compassion for others, per the ANA Code of Ethics Provision 1.
Who is a nurse follower?
These medications are often used in conjunction with barbiturates for PAS.
What is ondansetron, haloperidol and metoclopramide?
The cost for pentobarbital is $7,622 for this quantity, the lethal dose.
What is 10 grams?
This term is a new technology for DWD that involves a capsule-like pod that replaces oxygen with liquid nitrogen, leading to hypoxia and death. It is not yet FDA approved.
What is the "Sarco Pod" ?
In this state, physicians are allowed to prescribe lethal medications, but are not protected by the law.
What is Montana?
Despite personal opinions on DWD, it is essential for nurses to uphold this type of care.
What is patient-centered care?
These factors are assesed prior to granting PAS access to an individual.
What is the patient's terminal status, knowledge of DWD, exploration of alternative paliative care options, mental health status and ability to provide competent informed consent?
This is the approximate health care savings for the US if PAS was legalized in all 50 states.
What is $627 million, or 0.07% of total health care costs?