A Patient with Terminal Colon Cancer Is Refusing All Food

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient with terminal colon cancer is refusing all food and fluids.The patient has a living will that states no artificial nutrition is to be provided;however,the family is asking for a gastrostomy tube.What should the nurse do?

• A) Take the case to the hospital's ethics committee.
• B) Honor the family's wishes and have them sign a consent form.
• C) Honor the patient's refusal and help the family come to terms with the situation.
• D) Talk to the physician so he or she can move forward with the family's wishes.

Distinguish between types of wrongs and defenses in criminal law, including the difference between public and private wrongs, and the concepts of voluntary intoxication and duress.

Appreciate the procedural aspects of criminal law, especially regarding preliminary hearings, grand juries, and arraignment.

Recognize the differences between various types of punishment and their intended effects, such as special deterrence, probation, and cruel and unusual punishments.

Grasp the significance of legal standards such as reasonableness in judicial decisions, including sentencing and appeals.

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Definitions:

Nonrandom Mating

A mating pattern in which individuals do not mate by chance, but rather according to their genotypes or phenotypes.

Inbreeding

The mating of closely related individuals, leading to an increase in the probability of offspring inheriting genetic disorders and reduced genetic diversity.

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

A principle stating that allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of evolutionary influences.

Stabilizing Selection

Outcome of natural selection in which extreme phenotypes are eliminated and the average phenotype is conserved.