During a patient care conference a nurse mentions that palliative care strategies seem to be helping the patient rest. The patient's daughter says, "I don't want you to give up on my father getting well. I don't want him in palliative care." What education should the nurse provide?
1. "We do palliative care on all of the patients on this unit."
2. "Palliative care interventions can be provided along with curative efforts."
3. "At this point, you should realize that your father is not going to get well."
4. "Hospice is not the same as palliative care."
Answer: 2
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