Which of the following is a possible nutrition-related side effect of medication use?

You are called to the home of a 75-year-old patient in end-stage lung cancer. A 24-hour home hospice health care provider is on scene and states she called because the patient is experiencing increasing dyspnea. The patient is on home oxygen at 4 liters per minute. The patient has a signed DNR order that specifies no intubation, CPR, or medications. Your assessment brings you to conclude that

this patient is in acute CHF. What would be the best course of action in this situation? A) Ignore the DNR because the patient is not in cardiac arrest. B) Call your medical control and consult. C) Give the home health care provider a nonrebreather mask and have her sign a release. D) Explain to the patient that the need for immediate care is indicated and that simple measures could ease the dyspnea.

The exit access leads from an occupied portion of a building to the exit

A. True B. False