You Are a Student Nurse Caring for a Terminally Ill

Multiple Choice

You are a student nurse caring for a terminally ill patient who was in intractable pain. The staff nurse administered a high dose of pain medication to the patient, who died less than 30 minutes later. The nurse explained to you that the hastening of the patient's death was foreseen but was not the intended effect of the administration of the dose of pain medication. This is an example of:

A) terminal sedation.
B) the rule of double effect.
C) active euthanasia.
D) passive euthanasia.
E) None of these is correct.