The nurse provides palliative care to a client with end-stage renal disease and a chronic upper respiratory infection. Which interventions should be included in this type of care? (Select all that apply.)
A) Providing the client with a foot massage
B) Administering ordered analgesics
C) Assisting with a kidney transplantation
D) Clearing secretions from the client's airway for easier breathing
E) Gently stretching the client's arms and legs to preserve range of motion
Ans: A, B, D, E
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Palliative care is interdisciplinary team-based care that is focused on the relief of suffering for clients with serious illness. Nursing interventions that help enhance the quality of clients' lives, reduce pain and suffering, optimize functionality, and promote appropriate goal setting and decision making are integral to the provision of excellent palliative care. Assisting with a kidney transplantation would be classified therapeutic or treatment-oriented care, not palliative care. All other interventions listed refer to reducing pain and suffering and optimizing functionality of the client.
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