The nurse is giving palliative care to a client with a diagnosis ...

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The nurse is giving palliative care to a client with a diagnosis of COPD. What is the goal of palliative care?
 
  A) Improve the client's and family's quality of life.
  B) Support aggressive treatment for cure.
  C) Provide physical support for the client.
  D) The client may develop a separate plan with each discipline of the health care team.

Question 2

For which persons are death certificates necessary? Select all that apply.
 
  A) Death from an infectious disease
  B) Death in an institutional setting
  C) Unexpected death
  D) Murder victims
  E) Death before age 65 years

[Brummell1998]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
The goal of palliative care is to improve the client's and the family's quality of life. The support should include the patient's physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Each discipline should contribute to a single care plan that addresses the needs of the client and family. Options B, C and D are incorrect; the goal of palliative care is not aggressive support for curing the client. Providing physical support for the client is also not the goal of palliative care. Separate plans of care developed by the client with each discipline of the health care team are not the goal of palliative care.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A, B, C, D, E
U.S. law requires death certificates for all clients who die.

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