Which nursing intervention follows the principles of palliative care?
1. Encouraging physical therapy to restore prior level of functioning
2. Talking to the patient about plans for funeral arrangements
3. Talking to the patient about possibly becoming an organ donor
4. Facilitating a consult to promote weight gain
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Rationale 1: Attempting to return to a prior level of functioning is not the goal of palliative care.
Rationale 2: Palliative care focuses on pain and symptom management, end-of-life planning, and psychosocial as well as spiritual needs. Encouraging end-of-life planning such as funeral plans would be very appropriate.
Rationale 3: Organ donation is only possible when a patient experiences brain death on life support. This is not the goal of palliative care.
Rationale 4: Encouraging weight gain is not necessary for this patient.
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