The Nurse Provides Care to a Patient with Terminal Brain

question 6

Multiple Choice

The nurse provides care to a patient with terminal brain cancer. The patient states, "I don't want to continue my treatment, and I would like a do-not-resuscitate order placed in my medical record." The patient's family is against this option, telling the nurse that the patient "is too emotional." Which is the best action from the nurse?

• A)Assessing the patient's mental status and cognition
• B)Asking the patient's family if they would like spiritual guidance
• C)Contacting the hospital's ethics committee on behalf of the patient
• D)Communicating information to the patient and family regarding lifesaving measures

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

A group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested, which distinguishes it from the control group.

Control Group

The participants in an experiment who are as much like the experimental group as possible and who are treated in every way like the experimental group except for a manipulated factor, the independent variable.

Demand Characteristics

Features of an experimental study that inform participants of the purpose of the study or the behavior expected of them.

Research Cues

Essential elements or signals in a research setting that can influence participants' behavior or responses, often controlled or manipulated by researchers.