End of Life - Module 6: Final hours of Life Exam Solved 100% Correct

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: - ANSWER-"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: - ANSWER-"What do you know about CPR? Have you ever heard about it before?" Your unit has experienced many deaths in the past month and the staff is feeling very sad. What might you suggest to address this issue? - ANSWER-Recommend starting a reflection ritual to honor patients who die on the unit. You have been caring for a Hispanic patient with advanced obstructive lung disease for the past several weeks. The family has been at the bedside daily, with one member spending the night throughout the hospital stay. In assessing cultural beliefs and practices related to death and dying for the patient and family, it is necessary for you to consider which of the following factors? - ANSWER-What rituals, practices, and beliefs about death are important to the patient and family You are caring for a patient who has just died. In caring for the body after death, the goal of care is to: - ANSWER-Provide a clean, peaceful impression of the deceased for the family You are working in the emergency room and a patient came in with a massive heart attack and cannot be resuscitated. The doctor has just informed the family that the patient is dead and asks you to go to the private room where they have been waiting to see if they need anything. While sitting with them, they ask you if the body can stay in the emergency room until the other family members arrive. The remaining family live 1½ hours away. The ER is full and the secretary told you they need the room. What should you tell the family? - ANSWER-"We will do everything we can to give the other family members time to get to the ER." 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? - ANSWER-Find out if he would like you to see if the local veterans group could visit him.