A Client with a Terminal Illness Without an Advance Directive

question 26

Multiple Choice

A client with a terminal illness without an advance directive stops breathing,and does not have a heartbeat.What should the nurse do?

• A)Call a "slow code."
• B)Call a partial code.
• C)Call the physician.
• D)Call a code.

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