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A Client with Terminal Cancer Has Signed an Advance Directive

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A client with terminal cancer has signed an advance directive indicating that no parenteral nutrition or hydration will be implemented.For several days the client has refused food and fluids,pushing the caregiver's hands away when attempts are made to feed the client or offer any kind of fluid.The family is considering placing a gastrostomy tube because they feel the client is "starving to death." Which actions by the nurse are appropriate? Select all that apply.


Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

The strengthening of behaviour by making the avoidance of an undesirable consequence contingent on its occurrence.

Operant Conditioning

The control of behaviour by manipulating its consequences.

Unpleasant Consequence

An adverse or negative outcome that follows an undesired behavior, serving as a deterrent.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

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