When a terminally ill patient is attempting to make the decision to withhold further treatment, the nurse would indicate that which medication would no longer be prescribed if treatment were to be withheld?
a. Antibiotics
b. Antiemetics
c. Opioid analgesics
d. Nonopioid analgesics
A
Antibiotics are used to treat infection and therefore would be withheld in the care of a patient who has designated that life-sustaining treatment should be withheld. The medications in the other options promote comfort and would continue to be administered.
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