The nurse cares for many clients who have serious illnesses. The best candidate for hospice care is the client with
A) Brain cancer who is expected to live 3 months and who is not pursuing aggressive treatment
B) Congestive heart failure who is expected to live 9 months and who is not pursuing aggressive treatment
C) Lung cancer who is expected to live 1 month and who is pursuing radiation therapy
D) Stroke who is expected to live only a few more hours unless emergency brain surgery can remove a clot
Ans: A
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In the early 1980s, Congress added a hospice benefit to the Medicare program that was designed to support dying clients with an expected prognosis of less than 6 months to live if the disease ran its usual course. When two physicians determine that a seriously ill client has 6 months or less to live, and the dying person and family agree to provide care and comfort as opposed to aggressive medical intervention, loved ones often seek hospice.
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