A nurse is working in a long-term care facility where the notation of "allow natural death" is noted on a patient's chart. What should the nurse include in the plan of care for this patient?
A) Playing music to help increase patient comfort.
B) Administer pain medication as needed to provide patient comfort.
C) Administering Epinephrine via parenteral route during code.
D) Chest compressions will be started if the patient stops breathing.
E) Maintain oxygen support via mask.

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"Allow natural death" means that the patient will not be resuscitated in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest. Therefore, choices C and D are not appropriate. The nurse should focus on providing comfort measures such as administering pain medication as needed (B) and maintaining oxygen support via mask (E). Playing music (A) may also be a comfort measure, but it is not essential to the plan of care for a patient with a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order in place.

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