The nurse is caring for the client in the preoperative period and documenting rationale for a palliative surgical procedure. Which rationale is most appropriate?

The nurse is caring for the client in the preoperative period and documenting rationale for a palliative surgical procedure. Which rationale is most appropriate?


a) The physician is repairing a deformity from birth or disease process.

b) The physician needs additional information to plan medical treatment.

c) The client and physician are focusing on symptom relief not a cure.

d) The client wishes to improve body structures and elects a procedure



Answer: The client and physician are focusing on symptom relief not a cure.


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