The nurse is planning palliative care for a patient with severe atherosclerotic disease. What is the highest priority for this patient?
1. Tolerance of physical activity
2. Use of available financial resources
3. Redesigning the patient's home to support assistive devices
4. Pain and symptom management
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Rationale 1: Tolerance of physical activity is a low priority for this patient.
Rationale 2: Using available financial resources is not the highest priority.
Rationale 3: Home environment redesign is not the highest priority for this patient.
Rationale 4: When providing care to patients in a palliative care program, targeted interventions are common and include pain and symptom management, end-of-life care planning, and interventions to support the patient's psychosocial and spiritual needs.
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