Palliative Care Used in the Management of a Patient with Symptomatic

question 1

Multiple Choice

Palliative care used in the management of a patient with symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an example of which of the following?

• A) Palliative care is used when the patient is beginning to die.
• B) Palliative care is used to help manage the symptoms that often accompany COPD.
• C) Hospice nurses must be involved to provide palliative care in a cancer patient.
• D) Patient must be enrolled into the Medicare Hospice Benefit to receive palliative care.

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