As part of the admission process the nurse asks if the patient has an advance directive. The patient doesn't know for sure. What is the nurse's best response?
a. It is autopsy permission.
b. It is a living will.
c. It is informed consent.
d. It is an organ donation card.
B
Many times the decision regarding lifesaving treatment is in writing in the patient's living will or advance directive. Living wills are documents instructing the health care provider to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures in a patient who is terminally ill. Advanced directives are not an organ donation card, nor informed consent, nor autopsy permission.
You might also like to view...
A client tells the nurse he cannot go out on a date because he might have to eat something in front of
others. He reveals that he is afraid that someone will laugh at the way he eats or that he will spill food and be laughed at. The nurse can assess this behavior as being consistent with a. social phobia. b. specific phobia. c. agoraphobia. d. posttraumatic stress disorder.
The nurse is planning an education session for couples planning to conceive. What should the nurse include to support the 2020 National Health Goals? (Select all that apply.)
A) Highlight the importance of good nutrition. B) Include health promotion activities for both men and women. C) Stress the importance of having coitus every day while trying to conceive. D) Remind about safe sex practices to reduce sexually transmitted infections. E) Explain that conception rarely occurs in couples during the first year of trying.
What strategy is considered one of the best for preventing smoking in teenagers?
a. Large-scale printed information campaigns b. Emphasis on the long-term effects of smoking on health c. Threatening the social norms of groups most likely to smoke d. Peer-led programs emphasizing the social consequences of smoking
The MDS is done:
a. Once per month. b. Once per year. c. Anytime one needs to be completed. d. Only on admission.