A Patient Is Diagnosed with Cancer

question 5

Multiple Choice

A patient is diagnosed with cancer. The physician has recommended chemotherapy, which would likely save the patient's life. The patient tells the nurse, "This is punishment from God for sins I have committed; some women at my church say so." What will the best plan of the nurse include?

• A) With the patient's permission, plan to involve a hospital minister to discuss the patient's perspective about cancer.
• B) With the patient's permission, plan to bring the case before the hospital's board of ethics.
• C) With the patient's permission, plan to contact the patient's minister to discuss the patient's perspective about cancer.
• D) With the patient's permission, plan to meet with family members to discuss the patient's perspective about cancer.

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