When healthy, a patient had requested that all life-sustaining measures be implemented. Now the patient has Alzheimer's and had a deterioration in health that severely limits quality of life. The patient's only child is petitioning that the parent not be placed on life support again and be given only palliative care. The nurse assessing this ethical situation following the procedure would place the steps in what order? (Place in order of the Situation Assessment Procedure) . Put a comma and space between each solve choice (for example: a, b, c, d) .
A) Discuss with the ethics committee possible alternatives that would be acceptable to the family while considering the patient's wishes.
B) After the family presents two alternatives, work with the committee and family to agree on one alternative.
C) Provide rationale for the selection made.
D) Carefully assess the situation to identify the ethical issue and concerns.
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