The nurse has recently moved to a state that has fully enacted a Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program. How will this affect the nurse's practice?
A) It will have little effect since the program was developed for emergency medical service providers.
B) The program will provide research regarding best practice in end-of-life care for all health care providers, including nurses.
C) The document will provide insight into the patient's preferences for end-of-life care.
D) The document will provide the name of the person holding the patient's durable power of attorney.

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Rationale 1: The POLST documents were first developed to provide guidance to emergency medical service providers. However, they are also used to provide direction to nurses and other health care providers.
Rationale 2: POLST documents do not provide best practice information.
Rationale 3: POLST documents outline a person's preferences for end-of-life care.
Rationale 4: POLST documents do not address the identity of the patient's decision surrogate.

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