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Discussion 1:  Life-Sustaining Measures

The students will:

1. Apply critical thinking through participation in selected topics
2. Engage in thoughtful discourse with peers
3. Incorporate topic discussion into clinical judgment and decision making within practice setting

 The questions below should serve as a guide to formulating your posting. Don’t just answer the questions, create a narrative paragraph(s) using the questions to direct your thinking.  

• The original posts must be at least 300 words in length

Threaded Discussion for Life-Sustaining Measures

1. How do you feel about the use of life-sustaining measures in the face of terminal illness? Examples: Permanent coma? Irreversible chronic illness, such as Alzheimer’s disease? Debilitating Stroke?
2. How do you feel about particular medical procedures? Examples: mechanical breathing (respirator), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), artificial nutrition and hydration, hospital intensive care, pain relief medication, chemo or radiation therapy and surgery.

Discussion 2: End of life wishes

Threaded Discussion for End of life wishes

1. Would you want to be placed in a nursing home if your condition warranted? Why or why not?
2. Would you want to have financial matters taken into account when treatment decisions you would make? Why or why not?

 PLS NOTE THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES APPLIES TO BOTH DISCUSSIONS