A hospice nurse is caring for a patient who is terminally illand who is on a ventilator. After a restless night, the patienthands the nurse a note with the request: “Please help me endmy suffering.” Which response by a nurse would best reflectadherence to the position of the American Nurses Associationregarding assisted suicide? a. The nurse promises the patient that he or she will do eve-rything possible to keep the patient comfortable but cannot administer an injection or overdose to cause the patient’sdeath.b. The nurse tells the patient that under no condition canhe be removed from the ventilator because this is activeeuthanasia and is expressly forbidden by the Code forNurses.c. After exhausting every intervention to keep a dying patientcomfortable, the nurse says, “I think you are now at a pointwhere I’m prepared to do what you’ve been asking me.Let’s talk about when and how you want to die.”d. The nurse responds: “I’m personally opposed to assistedsuicide, but I’ll find you a colleague who can help you.”
A hospice nurse is caring for a patient who is terminally ill
and who is on a ventilator. After a restless night, the patient
hands the nurse a note with the request: “Please help me end
my suffering.” Which response by a nurse would best reflect
adherence to the position of the American Nurses Association
regarding assisted suicide?
a. The nurse promises the patient that he or she will do eve-
rything possible to keep the patient comfortable but cannot
administer an injection or overdose to cause the patient’s
death.
b. The nurse tells the patient that under no condition can
he be removed from the ventilator because this is active
euthanasia and is expressly forbidden by the Code for
Nurses.
c. After exhausting every intervention to keep a dying patient
comfortable, the nurse says, “I think you are now at a point
where I’m prepared to do what you’ve been asking me.
Let’s talk about when and how you want to die.”
d. The nurse responds: “I’m personally opposed to assisted
suicide, but I’ll find you a colleague who can help you.”
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