Author Question: When a terminally ill patient is attempting to make the decision to withhold further treatment, the ... (Read 23 times)

tiara099 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

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

Question 2

A method used by people recovering from alcohol or drug abuse involves a technique called HALT. This technique is an internal self-assessment to determine which of the following?

a. health, addiction, laughter, and therapy
b. hunger, anger, loneliness, and tiredness
c. heart, attitude, laughter, and tolerance
d. healthy attitudes leading to lots of tolerance

Juro · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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.

Answer to Question 2

B
One method used by persons recovering from addictions is a personal check-in technique called HALT. HALT is a reminder to ask oneself, right now: Am I Hungry? Am I Angry? Am I Lonely? and Am I Tired? In this way, a simple acronym becomes a means for internal self-assessment that can be prescriptive for relief interventions.