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Which nursing interventions enhance comfort in an A, B, E
imminently dying client in the hospital? Select all that
apply. Rationale:
The nurse provides comfort care to the client who is in the process of dying
A) Frequently repositioning the client to ensure client comfort. Prolonged bed rest may cause back pain and skin
B) Maintaining oral hygiene in the client issues; to reduce the pain, the nurse frequently repositions the client on the
C) Limiting frequent visits of the family members bed. Poor oral and skin hygiene may cause discomfort to the client, so the
D) Measuring the vital signs of client frequently nurse carefully maintains the client's oral and skin hygiene. The nurse does
E) Applying body lotion to the client's skin daily not limit the visitation of family members because these visits may reduce
the client's emotional stress. There is no need to measure the vital signs
regularly in an imminently dying client, and doing so may increase
discomfort in the client.
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A client says, "Since my husband died I've got nothing D
to live for. I just want to die." The nurse hears the
nursing assistant say, "Things will get better soon." Rationale:
What does the nurse identify this response as? False reassurance is an effort to be supportive, often involving the use of
clichés, and is not based in fact. Offering advice tells the client what to do;
A) Offering advice clients should be encouraged to solve their problems. Belittling statements
B) Belittling the client demean the client or minimize client concerns. The nursing assistant's
C) Changing the subject statement did not change the subject.
D) Providing false reassurance
A nurse is assessing the grief response of a family D
member whose relative has died. What must the nurse
consider first about the family to conduct an effective Rationale:
assessment? The degree of anguish experienced or expressed is most often set or
imposed by the cultural background of the individual, so cultural
A) Personality traits background must be assessed before care is planned. Although personality
B) Educational level traits do enter into the grief process, they are not as important in the
C) Socioeconomic class developing awareness stage as is cultural background. Educational level has
D) Cultural background no relationship to the grieving process; nor does socioeconomic class.
Loss and Grieving - Adaptive Quizzing Answers 2026-2027 2/5/2026
Which nursing interventions enhance comfort in an A, B, E
imminently dying client in the hospital? Select all that
apply. Rationale:
The nurse provides comfort care to the client who is in the process of dying
A) Frequently repositioning the client to ensure client comfort. Prolonged bed rest may cause back pain and skin
B) Maintaining oral hygiene in the client issues; to reduce the pain, the nurse frequently repositions the client on the
C) Limiting frequent visits of the family members bed. Poor oral and skin hygiene may cause discomfort to the client, so the
D) Measuring the vital signs of client frequently nurse carefully maintains the client's oral and skin hygiene. The nurse does
E) Applying body lotion to the client's skin daily not limit the visitation of family members because these visits may reduce
the client's emotional stress. There is no need to measure the vital signs
regularly in an imminently dying client, and doing so may increase
discomfort in the client.
Loss and Grieving - Adaptive Quizzing Answers 2026-2027 2/5/2026
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A client says, "Since my husband died I've got nothing D
to live for. I just want to die." The nurse hears the
nursing assistant say, "Things will get better soon." Rationale:
What does the nurse identify this response as? False reassurance is an effort to be supportive, often involving the use of
clichés, and is not based in fact. Offering advice tells the client what to do;
A) Offering advice clients should be encouraged to solve their problems. Belittling statements
B) Belittling the client demean the client or minimize client concerns. The nursing assistant's
C) Changing the subject statement did not change the subject.
D) Providing false reassurance
A nurse is assessing the grief response of a family D
member whose relative has died. What must the nurse
consider first about the family to conduct an effective Rationale:
assessment? The degree of anguish experienced or expressed is most often set or
imposed by the cultural background of the individual, so cultural
A) Personality traits background must be assessed before care is planned. Although personality
B) Educational level traits do enter into the grief process, they are not as important in the
C) Socioeconomic class developing awareness stage as is cultural background. Educational level has
D) Cultural background no relationship to the grieving process; nor does socioeconomic class.
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