A daughter of a client with a terminal illness pulls a nurse to the side and says, "Although my mother's living will states she is not to be resuscitated, the family wants everything done to save her if she has a cardiac arrest." How should the n
leadership and management of care A daughter of a client with a terminal illness pulls a nurse to the side and says, "Although my mother's living will states she is not to be resuscitated, the family wants everything done to save her if she has a cardiac arrest." How should the nurse respond? A provider informs the wife of a comatose client with terminal cancer that she will need to sign the consent for insertion of a gastrostomy feeding tube. The nurse knows this is against the client's wishes. What is the appropriate action by the nurse?
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