A Patient Has Been Comatose and in the Intensive Care

question 18

Multiple Choice

A patient has been comatose and in the intensive care unit since having a stroke four days ago.Palliative care interventions were formally initiated yesterday.The nurse would evaluate that these strategies were effective if which situations occur? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.

• A)The family begins to ask questions about requesting a do-not-resuscitate order.
• B)The need for a family meeting has been eliminated.
• C)The patient is less restless.
• D)The primary physician and neurologist consult agree that the patient's prognosis is grim.
• E)The patient's daughter asks that the nurse not allow the patient's ex-husband to visit.

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