Problem:
Carolyn Brown, an 89-year-old woman, was hospitalized three days ago for weakness and fever. Yesterday she was diagnosed with lung cancer. You are the nurse practitioner on the hospitalist's service preparing to visit Carolyn this morning. As you gather pertinent information from the patient chart outside of the room, her daughter, Lisa, asks to speak with you. You agree and walk to a private area for the conversation. Lisa tells you that the family held a meeting last night. "We decided not to tell Mom that she has cancer. We're just going to tell her she has pneumonia, and she just needs a few days of antibiotics to get better. We want you and any other staff to say the same thing. Mom has always been afraid of cancer. We know she will just give up if we tell her the truth." List at least two options for collaboration from each case study. What resources outside of the services directly provided by the APRN could be useful in these scenarios? Need Assignment Help?