A patient with severe sepsis is not responding to treatment. What should the nurse include when planning the care of this patient?

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1. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommends that palliative care principles be included in the patient's care.
2. Treatment should be evaluated more often than every 8 hours.
3. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommends that the prognosis and goals of care for the septic patient be discussed with the family and patient within the first 72 hours following presentation of sepsis. Although it may be difficult to determine the prognosis immediately, many patients with severe sepsis and septic shock will not survive. It would not be wise to send the family home.
4. If the sepsis bundle is being followed, additional treatment measures would not be indicated.

A Patient with Severe Sepsis Is Not Responding to Treatment