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This 5 page paper discusses the issue of patient dignity and the nurse's role in providing that for the patient. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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assignment in the first place. When one is ill one takes for granted that the nurses and other medical staff will respond in a caring way. However, in this fast
paced world of HMOs, quotas and quick turnaround of hospital bed space, patient dignity has been sacrificed. Patient dignity, as it can be defined, is the right of the patient
to be treated with kindness, even when they are in pain, even when they are not themselves, even when (and especially when) their prognosis is not good. Patient dignity means
that those who are ill or suffering are made to feel as if their ability to determine their own course of action and take some control over their life is
still possible. People who are in a position to care for themselves, it has to be thought, are those who recover the quickest. In addition, knowing that those whose hands
one must rely upon during ones stay in the hospital are kind and compassionate figure directly into the patients ability to recover. A great model of this type of
compassion is the nurse who must care for the dying patient. This patient, because of the severity of the condition will more or less be seeing this patient frequently. While
the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nurses may opt to shut themselves off
from commiserating with the dying patient. However, the dying patient, oft times needs this emotional touch the most, especially in their transitional phases. The nurse who can quietly attempt
to make certain that personal functions are taken care of discreetly will be allowing the patient as much dignity as possible. For example, many terminally ill patients must wear adult
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