c. Bargaining:d.Depression:e.Acceptance:3.Your patient is a 50-year-old woman newly
diagnosed with terminal uterine cancer.
What information should be provided to
her regarding her condition?4.How would you respond to a patient dying of
AIDS who says: “Nurse, please help me die”?5.Describe the role of the nurse in terminal
weaning.6.List three goals for nurses who wish to
become effective in caring for patients experi-
encing loss, grief, or dying and death.
a.b.c.7.Your patient is a 62-year-old man dying of
liver cancer at home with his family. List
three patient goals or outcomes for this
patient and his family.
a.
b.
c.8.List three arguments in favor of and against
assisted suicide and direct voluntary
euthanasia.
a.In favor of:b.Against:9.What is the role of the nurse during the
following code situations?
a.No-code:b.Comfort measures only:c. Do-not-hospitalize order:d.Terminal weaning:10.Explain the role of the nurse in obtaining
the following advance directives for a
patient.
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