2022 with COMPLETE SOLUTION
You are caring for a veteran who served in World War II and is now near the end of life. He has shared
with you how important his service in the Navy was to him. Which of the following interventions would
be most appropriate for you to do to honor his service? - ✔✔Find out if he would like you to see if the
local veterans group could visit him.
You are caring for a 12-year-old child who is imminently dying from leukemia. The child is unconscious
and has been for days. The child's mother tells you that she hopes her daughter would open her eyes
one last time before dying. Knowing that this is unlikely, what is your best response? - ✔✔"If that is not
possible, what else might you hope for?
You are caring for a man who is near the end of life. During morning care, the man asks you if he is
dying. Your best response would be: - ✔✔"That is a very serious question. What is it that makes you ask
that today?"
Your patient, who has end-stage renal disease, has been asked by the doctor covering the hospital if he
would like to have "everything done," including CPR. The patient asks you if CPR is a good thing to do.
Your best response is: - ✔✔"What do you know about CPR? Have you ever heard about it before?"
You are caring for Ms. F who is dying from lung cancer. She is no longer taking in food or fluids and the
family asks you why the team doesn't feed her with a tube? They state, "It seems like you are all trying
to starve her to death." You respond: - ✔✔"Ms. F's body can no longer handle food or fluids; it would
cause her more harm than good to feed her with a tube."
The family of a patient who is dying asks you why the nurses always come in and look under the sheets
at his legs when they are checking his blood pressure. You explain: - ✔✔"They are assessing for signs
that death may be near."
You are caring for an 85-year-old man who is dying. He has been comatose for several days. His
respirations are now shallow and rattling. His adult children at the bedside state, "We don't want our
father to suffocate." Which action should you take? - ✔✔Reassure the family that terminal secretions
are normal and try repositioning the patient.