involved in honoring a patient's advance directive. Ethical

considerations surrounding the issue as they relate to the nursing

profession are addressed. The purpose of the paper is to express

an informed position on the issue of honoring a patient's advance

directive and explore reasons why one may not be honored. The topic

was chosen on account of personal observation and awareness in an

acute care setting. The sources used to develop this paper are

published nursing journals, current books related to this issue, and

the Internet. The paper concludes with recommendations to assist the

professional nurse in dealing with issues related to honoring a

Will Your Advance Directive be Honored?

Advances in medical technology have done a great deal to

produce miraculous cures and recoveries. In some circumstances

however, these advances have created problems for the elderly. More

aggressive technology approaches are used to extend the life of the

elderly. On the whole the elderly, as well as others, welcome that

Weiler, K., Eland, J., & Buckwater, K.C. (1996). Iowa nurses'

admitting hospital (Jaffe & Ehrlich, p. 143).

the physician's refusal may be reluctance to acknowledge increasing

Without strenuous interventions to improve the situation, we will have

advance directive, even if the directive unambiguously stated the

Nurses will undoubtedly, sometime during their career, be

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