The Client Has a Documented Advance Health Care Directive That

question 16

Multiple Choice

The client has a documented advance health care directive that indicates that no resuscitative measures should be employed in the event of a respiratory or cardiac arrest.The client begins to exhibit severe dyspnea and air hunger and says,"Please do something,I can't breathe." What action should be taken by the nurse?

• A)Offer the client comfort measures until death occurs.
• B)Call the client's physician for direction.
• C)Initiate resuscitative measures.
• D)Check the medical record to ascertain the terms of the directive.

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