Write an article for a community newsletter for a local retirement  village that explains the laws, policies, and choices surrounding  end-of-life health care decisions.

Nurses are at the bedside during the dying process; they spend  entire shifts with patients and families; they develop trusting  relationships; and they are competent to assess patient and family  needs. Nurses gain a unique perspective that allows them to become aware  when a patient is not responding to treatment. This perspective places  nurses in a position to facilitate end-of-life decision making. (Adams,  Bailey. Anderson, & Docherty, 2011, para. 4)

Reference

Adams, J. A., Bailey, D. E., Jr., Anderson, R.  A., & Docherty, S. L. (2011). Nursing roles and strategies in  end-of-life decision making in acute care: A systematic review of the  literature. Nursing Research and Practice, 2011.

Your manager asked you to prepare an article for a community  newsletter for a local retirement village. The editor wants you to talk  about the laws, policies, and choices surrounding end-of-life health  care decisions

Preparation 

Search the Capella library and the Internet for scholarly and  professional peer-reviewed articles on end-of-life care. You will need  at least three articles to use as support for your work on this  assessment.

Directions

Write an article of 750–1,000 words (3–4 pages) that discusses the  laws, policies, and choices surrounding end-of-life health care  decisions. Address the following in your article: 

• Describe the role of the nurse in end-of-life decision making with patients and their families.
• Explain the legislation that generated end-of-life health care  policies. Was the legislation an outcome of a specific medical case?
• Identify the primary policies regarding current health care  practices related to end-of-life health care decisions. How to these  policies affect treatment decisions?
• Explain the effect of end-of-life regulations and controls on  patient outcomes. What effect does this have on the nurse-patient  relationship?
• Describe the ethical considerations that have influenced policy decisions in regard to end-of-life decisions.

Additional Requirements

Your article should meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• References: Cite a minimum of three resources; a  majority of these should be peer-reviewed sources. Your reference list  should be appropriate to the body of literature available on this topic  that has been published in the past 5 years.
• APA format: Resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Length: 750–1,000 words or 3–4 typed,  double-spaced pages, excluding title page and reference page. Use  Microsoft Word to complete the assessment.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.