The Nurse Providing Palliative Care to a Client with a Terminal

The nurse providing palliative care to a client with a terminal illness is experiencing moral distress. Which situation most likely caused the nurse to experience this emotional response? Select all that apply.

A) The nurse continues to provide chemotherapy to the client upon the family's request.
B) The nurse is unable to relieve dyspnea because of a fear of overmedicating the client.
C) The team members decide to withhold routine fluids unless the client is thirsty.
D) Another health care provider suggested that another course of treatment might "do the trick."
E) The adult children want everything possible done yet the client is exhausted and wants it to end.