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Anclientncomesntonthenhealthncarenprovider'snofficenfornannannualncheckup.nDuringnt
heninterview,nthennursenlearnsnthatnthenclient'snspousendiednunexpectedlynofnanheart
nattackn2nmonthsnago.nWhichnwouldnbenthenmostnappropriaten
responsenbynthennurse?
a.n"Atnleastnyounandnyournspousenenjoyednlifenrightnuntilnthenend."
b.n"It'snbetterntongonquicklynlikenyournspousendidninsteadnofnsuffering."
c.n"Thenlossnofnyournspousenmustnbenverynpainfulnfornyou."
d.n"You'llnfeelnbetternafternyoungetnovernthenshocknofnyournspouse'sndeath."n-
ncorrectnanswer-c.n"Thenlossnofnyournspousenmustnbenverynpainfulnfornyou."
Thennursenisncaringnfornanchildnwhonisnnearingndeath.nWhennassistingnthenchildnand
nfamilyntonmakenend-of-lifendecisions,nwhatnpracticesnshouldnbenincorporated?
nSelectnallnthatnapply.
a.nLimitnthenamountnofntimenspentndiscussingnthisntopicnwithnthenchild'snsiblings.
b.nAsknthenchildnwhatnthingsnhenornshenwouldnlikentonseendone.
c.nAssessnthenfamily'snculturalnrequests.
, d.nEncouragenthenchild'snparentsntonmakenthendecisionsntonlimitnpossiblenconflictnwit
hnthenchild.
e.nAsknthenchildnwhatnconcernsnornfearsnhenornshenmaynhave.n-ncorrectnanswer-
b.nAsknthenchildnwhatnthingsnhenornshenwouldnlikentonseendone.
c.nAssessnthenfamily'snculturalnrequests.
e.nAsknthenchildnwhatnconcernsnornfearsnhenornshenmaynhave.
Thennursenisncaringnfornanclientnwhosendeathnisnimminentnandnwhonisnthereforenrec
eivingnhospicencare.nInnpreparingnthenfamilynmembersnfornthendeathnofntheirnlovedno
ne,nthennursenassistsnthenfamilynwithnwhichnareas,nregardlessnofnthenfamily'sncultura
lnpreferences?nSelectnallnthatnapply.
a.nDealingnwithnthenshocknofnlosingnanlovednone
b.nBurialnplansnafterndeathnhasnoccurred
c.nEffortsntonstaynconnectedntonthenclientnafterndeath
d.nUsenofnsupportnfromnfamilynandnfriends
e.nAngernatnthenlossnofnanlovednonen-ncorrectnanswer-
a.nDealingnwithnthenshocknofnlosingnanlovednone
c.nEffortsntonstaynconnectedntonthenclientnafterndeath
e.nAngernatnthenlossnofnanlovednone
Anpatientnonnthenmedicalnunitnisndyingnandnthennursenhasndeterminednthatnthenfamil
y'snpsychosocialnneedsnduringnthendyingnprocessnneedntonbenaddressed.nWhatnisna
ncausenofnmanynpatientncarendilemmasnatnthenendnofnlife?
a.nPoorncommunicationnbetweennthenfamilynandnthencarenteam
b.nDenialnofnimminentndeathnonnthenpartnofnthenfamilynornthenpatient
c.nLimitednvisitationnopportunitiesnfornfriendsnandnfamily
d.nConflictnbetweennfamilynmembersn-ncorrectnanswer-
a.nPoorncommunicationnbetweennthenfamilynandnthencarenteam
Thennursenanticipatesnandyingnclientntonexhibitnwhichnsignsnofnimpendingndeath?
nSelectnallnthatnapply.
a.nincontinence
b.nrestlessness
c.nlossnofnsensation
d.nflushednextremities
d.nincreasednbodyntemperaturen
e.ncheyne-stokesnrespirationsn-ncorrectnanswer-a.nincontinence
b.nrestlessness
c.nlossnofnsensation
e.ncheyne-stokesnrespirations
Thenoncologynnursenisnlearningntoncarenforndyingnclients.nWhichnidealsnshouldnguide
nthennurseninnfacilitatingnangoodndeathnfornthesenclients?nSelectnallnthatnapply.
a.nThencarenofnthendyingnclientnshouldnbenguidednbynthenvaluesnandnpreferencesnofn
thennurse.
b.nCarenforndyingnclientsnshouldnfocusnonnpharmacologicnreliefnofnpain.
c.nIndependencenandndignitynarencentralnissuesnfornmanyndyingnclients.
d.nAngoodndeathnisnonenthatnallowsnanpersonntondienonnhisnfamily'snterms.
e.nThencharacteristicsnofnangoodndeathnvarynforneachnclient.n-ncorrectnanswer-
c.nIndependencenandndignitynarencentralnissuesnfornmanyndyingnclients.