As the family of a client with a terminal illness weighs the options of future care, the nurse explains the difference between hospice care and palliative care as follows:
1. The focus of hospice care is to prolong life
2. All hospice care is palliative, but not all palliative care is hospice
3. Palliative care is provided for terminally ill clients with a prognosis of 6 months or less survival time
4. Hospice care is never provided in a hospital
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Rationale: The focus of hospice is to improve the quality of life, rather than to prolong it.
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