A nurse caring for a patient who is terminally ill and has intractable pain administered pain medication to the patient, a high dose but within the ordered parameters. The patient expired a short time after the medication administration. Which option identifies this situation?

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The rule of double effect applies here, where the intention is to relieve pain, not to hasten death, even if death is a foreseeable consequence.

A Nurse Caring for a Patient Who Is Terminally Ill