A patient with end-stage renal disease does not want further aggressive treatment but is reluctant to withdraw life-sustaining treatment. The nurse would help the patient to understand that life-sustaining treatment includes maintaining:
a. full code status.
b. comfort measures only.
c. nutrition, hydration, and dialysis.
d. nutrition and hydration but removal of dialysis.
C
The patient who wants to withhold further aggressive therapy but not withdraw life-sustaining therapy would be informed that nutrition, hydration, and current treatments such as dialysis would be maintained.
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