A patient diagnosed with breast cancer who is in the end stages of her illness has been in the medical intensive care unit for 3 weeks. Her husband tells the nurse caring for the patient that he and...

A patient diagnosed with breast cancer who is in the end
stages of her illness has been in the medical intensive care
unit for 3 weeks. Her husband tells the nurse caring for the
patient that he and his wife often talked about the end of her
life and that she was very clear about not wanting aggressive
treatment that would merely prolong her dying. The nurse
and husband both agree that this seems to be all that therapy

is now doing for her. The nurse would suggest that the hus-
band speak to his wife’s physician about which type of order?

a. Comfort-measures-only
b. Do-not-hospitalize
c. Do-not-resuscitate
d. Slow-code-only