The Nurse Is Caring for an Older Adult Patient Who

The nurse is caring for an older adult patient who is very thin and emaciated.The patient reports new onset of shortness of breath.A chest x-ray reveals a spot on the lungs that the physician believes is an inoperable lung cancer.Due to the patient's poor nutritional status,chemotherapy is not an option.The health-care provider also believes that the location of the cancer would make radiation therapy unsuccessful.In advocating for this patient,what should the nurse encourage the health-care team to do?

A) Provide palliative care to keep the patient comfortable without diagnostic testing
B) Perform any procedure necessary to diagnose the patient properly
C) Promote the use of blood tests to diagnose the suspected cancer
D) Determine the patient's and family's wishes regarding diagnostic testing