Divorcee diagnosed with small cell lung cancer

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Care Plan based on the scenario ( Palliative Care) ?

Scenario

You are a home health nurse seeing for the first time P.C., a 64-year-old divorcee diagnosed with small cell lung cancer approximately 1 year ago. She was treated with radiation and chemotherapy; however, her oncologist recently informed her that her cancer is no longer treatable because it has spread to her bones and liver. Now the focus of her treatment will change from curative to symptom relief. She is confused and somewhat bewildered. She vaguely remembers the term palliative treatment from the discussion of her situation with her oncologist but does not know what it means.

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