Diagnosed with lung cancer

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A hospitalized 52 year old male has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and is in your care for your shift at the hospital. Your best friend has recently been through treatment for lung cancer and is in remission and has experienced a similar diagnosis. You begin to feel compassion and empathy for your patient, as you can relate to what he may be going through.

You are considering sharing your personal story with your patient to the give the patient hope. You also consider looking up your friends medical information in the electronic health record, so you can share information with your patient to help them feel better. The patient asks if you have any idea or suggestion of what he can expect from the medical condition. The patient begins to ask for medical advice which is beyond your "scope of practice". The patient asks for your personal opinion about the condition and what he should do? The patient has asked for your personal cell phone number to call you for medical advice in the future.

1. Do you share your personal experience? Do you share your cell phone number? Do you discuss your best friends condition with the patient? Do you look up your friends chart in the EHR?

2. Discuss an alternate solution to this case scenario.

3. Discuss professional boundaries. What are professional boundaries?

4. What team members are part of the interdisciplinary team for your patient recently diagnosed with lung cancer?

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