The nurse assesses a terminal illness in a:
A) 76 year old admitted to a nursing home with Alzheimer's disease who is pacing and asking to go home.
B) 43 year old with Lou Gehrig's disease who is refusing food and fluid.
C) 2 year old child who burned her esophagus by drinking drain cleaner and who is being fed by a tube.
D) 52 year old diagnosed with lung cancer who had part of one lung removed and has a closed chest drainage device in place.
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