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6TH EDITION
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Death and Dying – Test Questions With Answers and Rationales
1. You would expect a client experiencing maladaptive grief to have:
a. Self-awareness
b. Compulsive behavior
c. Unresolved conflict
d. Auditory hallucinations
Answer: c
Rationale: Maladaptive grief responses usually exhibit a lengthy, unpredictable course that
results in unresolved conflict.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. You are caring for a client whose husband died 2 days ago. The period following a loss is
called:
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c. Depression
d. Detachment
Answer: b
Rationale: Mourning is the natural process one goes through following a major loss.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. A client assigned to your care is receiving bereavement counseling. You understand that
this client has recently:
a. Sustained a loss
b. Had hospice care
c. Received palliative care
d. Signed a do not resuscitate (DNR) order
Answer: a
Rationale: Bereavement is a state of having sustained a loss.
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Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
4. You are told your patient has just experienced a physical loss. You understand this to mean
the loss of:
a. Work
b. Status
c. Role
d. Spouse
Answer: d
Rationale: Many losses are classified as physical, in that they are readily evident and visible.
Death of a spouse, parent, or child represents this type of loss.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
5. A client gave birth to a stillborn child with a gestational age of 7 months. To help the
parents cope with the loss, it would be best if the health care professional:
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b. Prevents the parents from holding the child
c. Gives the parents time to see and hold the child
d. Avoids discussing the incident
Answer: c
Rationale: When the death of the unborn occurs close to term, it is best if the staff allow the
parents to see and hold the child.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. The social worker and the dying patient have just completed a document in which the
patient appoints someone to carry out his or her end-of-life wishes. This document is known
as a:
a. Living will
b. Durable power of attorney
c. Do not resuscitate (DNR) order
d. Consent for treatment form
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Answer: b
Rationale: A durable power of attorney appoints someone to make your wishes known and to
carry out decisions regarding medical care in the event you become incapacitated and can no
longer speak for yourself.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
7. A terminally ill elderly client’s family is deliberating withholding lifesaving medical
treatment. This is an act of:
a. Palliative care
b. Euthanasia
c. Do not resuscitate (DNR) order
d. Durable power of attorney
Answer: b
Rationale: Euthanasia refers to the deliberate ending of one’s life as well as the withholding of
treatment.
Nursing Process: Planning
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Death and Dying – Test Questions With Answers and Rationales
1. You would expect a client experiencing maladaptive grief to have:
a. Self-awareness
b. Compulsive behavior
c. Unresolved conflict
d. Auditory hallucinations
Answer: c
Rationale: Maladaptive grief responses usually exhibit a lengthy, unpredictable course that
results in unresolved conflict.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. You are caring for a client whose husband died 2 days ago. The period following a loss is
called:
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a. Somatic
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b. Mourning
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c. Depression
d. Detachment
Answer: b
Rationale: Mourning is the natural process one goes through following a major loss.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. A client assigned to your care is receiving bereavement counseling. You understand that
this client has recently:
a. Sustained a loss
b. Had hospice care
c. Received palliative care
d. Signed a do not resuscitate (DNR) order
Answer: a
Rationale: Bereavement is a state of having sustained a loss.
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Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
4. You are told your patient has just experienced a physical loss. You understand this to mean
the loss of:
a. Work
b. Status
c. Role
d. Spouse
Answer: d
Rationale: Many losses are classified as physical, in that they are readily evident and visible.
Death of a spouse, parent, or child represents this type of loss.
Nursing Process: Assessment
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
5. A client gave birth to a stillborn child with a gestational age of 7 months. To help the
parents cope with the loss, it would be best if the health care professional:
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a. Prevents the parents from seeing the child
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b. Prevents the parents from holding the child
c. Gives the parents time to see and hold the child
d. Avoids discussing the incident
Answer: c
Rationale: When the death of the unborn occurs close to term, it is best if the staff allow the
parents to see and hold the child.
Nursing Process: Implementation
Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. The social worker and the dying patient have just completed a document in which the
patient appoints someone to carry out his or her end-of-life wishes. This document is known
as a:
a. Living will
b. Durable power of attorney
c. Do not resuscitate (DNR) order
d. Consent for treatment form
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Answer: b
Rationale: A durable power of attorney appoints someone to make your wishes known and to
carry out decisions regarding medical care in the event you become incapacitated and can no
longer speak for yourself.
Nursing Process: Planning
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
7. A terminally ill elderly client’s family is deliberating withholding lifesaving medical
treatment. This is an act of:
a. Palliative care
b. Euthanasia
c. Do not resuscitate (DNR) order
d. Durable power of attorney
Answer: b
Rationale: Euthanasia refers to the deliberate ending of one’s life as well as the withholding of
treatment.
Nursing Process: Planning
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