The nurse is caring for a client in the intensive care unit that is on life support measures. The family members are opposed in their decision to take the client off of life support. What option does the nurse discuss with the nurse manager?
A) Ask the family to go out of the unit and make a decision that is final.
B) Contact the ethics committee for their input.
C) Have the physician inform the family that they are not responsible for the decision.
D) Taking the client off of life support when the family is not present.
B
Feedback:
The ethics committee may be called on to act as an advocate for clients who no longer are mentally capable of making their own decisions. Ethics committees are a valuable resource for reviewing difficult cases and helping ensure a careful and unbiased decision. The nurse is not practicing within the scope of practice by taking the client off of life support. The nurse does not mandate to the physician decisions that should be made. It is nontherapeutic for the nurse to ask the family to go out and make a decision.
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