Which of the following is an aspect of medical futility?
a. A balance between knowledge and caring
b. Patient care directed at symptom management
c. Treatment that will not achieve its therapeutic goal
d. Care that identifies which life-sustaining treatment a patient desires
C
Feedback
A A balance between knowledge and caring is not an aspect of futile care.
B Patient care directed at symptom management is an aspect of palliative care.
C Futile care is defined as medical treatment that is considered unlikely to achieve its therapeutic goal, or suggests that there is something problematic about the goal.
D Care that identifies which life-sustaining treatment a patient desires is care related to an advance directive.
You might also like to view...
Which option describes a healthy family?
a. One parent takes care of the children. The other parent earns income and maintains the home. b. A family has strict boundaries that require members to address problems inside the family. c. A couple requires their adolescent children to attend church services three times a week. d. A couple renews their marital relationship after their children become adults.
Which of the following nursing diagnoses would have the highest priority?
a. Ineffective Coping c. Ineffective Breathing Pattern b. Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity d. Alterations in Urinary Output
Most pro-life supporters believe that:
a. life begins at conception and that the embryo and fetus are persons b. men and women should only have sex for procreation c. that abortion is permissible in cases of rape or incest d. that women who want to have an abortion should travel to Canada for it
In regard to lifespan considerations, the most important functional health pattern to assess in the elderly client is
A) Values–belief B) Sexuality–reproduction C) Cognition–perception D) Coping–stress tolerance