The chart of a client with brain cancer notes "CMO." Which intervention should the nurse most expect this client to receive?

A) Chemotherapy for killing the cancer cells
B) Radiotherapy for reducing the size of the tumor
C) Morphine for pain management
D) Antibiotic to fight off an infection


Ans: C
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Comfort measures only (CMO) indicates a plan of care that specifies nursing interventions designed not to treat disease but to improve pain, function, or quality of life. Morphine for pain management best fits this description. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are treatments for cancer and an antibiotic is a treatment for infection.

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