A Terminally Ill Patient Has Been Transferred from Acute Care

question 20

Multiple Choice

A terminally ill patient has been transferred from acute care to palliative care. The health care team should review former orders for which characteristics?. Select all that apply.

• A) Does the order comply with the patient's wishes?
• B) Does this treatment provide symptom relief?
• C) Does the treatment make the best use of resources?
• D) Does the intervention support the patient's emotional health?
• E) Does the intervention support the patient's spiritual health?

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Definitions:

Generational Forgetting

The idea that each new generation forgets what the previous generation learned. As used here, the term refers to knowledge about the harm drugs can do.

Identity Diffusion

A state in psychological development where an individual lacks a clear and defined sense of identity or self-concept.

Identity Status

A conceptual framework developed by James Marcia that categorizes the process of identity development in adolescence through the exploration of various commitments and beliefs.

Psychosocial Development

A theory proposed by Erik Erikson that human development is a series of eight stages that extends from infancy to adulthood, with each stage centered on resolving a fundamental conflict.