Today is National Healthcare Decisions Day. Your decisions matter.

As healthcare professionals, many of us know the importance of having advanced directives. A lot of us dance around the discussion, but it is an important one to have with all patients. I am a bit embarrassed to admit it, but I currently do not have an advanced directive myself. I know I need one, but I simply haven’t completed the process. My husband and I discuss it often as we are currently living through an unfortunate situation in which one of our family members doesn’t have an advanced directive and now we are facing difficult decisions as a family.

My own dilemma made me curious. As a healthcare professional, do you have your own advanced directive yet?