The nursing instructor is teaching a class of junior nursing students about home oxygen therapy. The instructor talks about home ventilator therapy. What should the instructor cite as the ultimate goal of home ventilator therapy?
A) To enhance the patient's quality of life
B) Simply to support the patient's life
C) To prolong the patient's life
D) To die at home
Ans: A
Feedback: The ultimate goal of home ventilator therapy is to enhance the patient's quality of life, not simply to support or prolong life. The ultimate goal of home ventilator therapy is not to let the patient die at home.
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