Focus on Adult Health Chapter 3 Prep
Exam Questions And Complete
Solutions.
The family members of a dying patient are finding it difficult to verbalize feelings and show tenderness
for the dying person. Which of the following nursing interventions should a nurse perform in such
situations? - Answer Encourage the family members to express their feelings and listen to them in their
frank communication.
The nurse identifies a nursing diagnosis of Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements for a
terminally ill client who is near the end of life. Which of the following would the nurse expect to include
in the client's plan of care? - Answer Advice for the family to have fruit juices readily available at the
client's bedside.
Which of the following nursing interventions will a nurse perform to transfer heat and improve
circulation in a dying client? - Answer Gently massage the arms and legs.
Which of the following is an appropriate method of assessing the dying client? - Answer Focus on the
client's basic needs.
Kubler-Ross stages of grief - Answer They are in this order usually.
The stages include: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Anger is the second stage of
the process. Bargaining is the third stage of the process. Depression is the fourth stage of the process.
Glaser and Strauss identified 4 awareness contexts - Answer closed awareness, suspected awareness,
open awareness and mutual pretense awareness
Closed Awareness - Answer occurs when the patient is unaware of his or her terminal state, whereas
others are aware
Exam Questions And Complete
Solutions.
The family members of a dying patient are finding it difficult to verbalize feelings and show tenderness
for the dying person. Which of the following nursing interventions should a nurse perform in such
situations? - Answer Encourage the family members to express their feelings and listen to them in their
frank communication.
The nurse identifies a nursing diagnosis of Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements for a
terminally ill client who is near the end of life. Which of the following would the nurse expect to include
in the client's plan of care? - Answer Advice for the family to have fruit juices readily available at the
client's bedside.
Which of the following nursing interventions will a nurse perform to transfer heat and improve
circulation in a dying client? - Answer Gently massage the arms and legs.
Which of the following is an appropriate method of assessing the dying client? - Answer Focus on the
client's basic needs.
Kubler-Ross stages of grief - Answer They are in this order usually.
The stages include: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Anger is the second stage of
the process. Bargaining is the third stage of the process. Depression is the fourth stage of the process.
Glaser and Strauss identified 4 awareness contexts - Answer closed awareness, suspected awareness,
open awareness and mutual pretense awareness
Closed Awareness - Answer occurs when the patient is unaware of his or her terminal state, whereas
others are aware
