Postmortem care prep questions &
Answers
A Correct Ans-The nurse working on a hospice unit is giving an in-service on the importance
of faith and religion in client care. What does the nurse tell the group is a benefit of religious
fellowship?
a) It offers support for the client.
b) It puts a good label on the client.
c) It distracts the client.
d) It allows for further isolation.
D Correct Ans-A hospice nurse is providing emotional care and support for a family who lost
a son. The care will be provided based on what knowledge?
a) Grief is an abnormal physical reaction to a loss.
b) Bereavement is a normal process, requiring little intervention.
c) All members of the family will react to loss in the same way.
d) Stages of grief reactions may overlap and are individualized.
D Correct Ans-A client who is on hospice care and has no immediate family has been given
less than 1 week to live. The nurse caring for the client recognizes that providing presence is
most important, especially when a client is dying. What would be the best way for this nurse to
provide presence to this client?
, a) Check on this client every hour.
b) Tell the client that you are there when needed and to just ring the call bell.
c) Sit in the chair on the other side of the room for 10 minutes each hour.
d) Hold the client's hand and sit by the bedside as often as possible.
A Correct Ans-A terminally ill client is being cared for at home and receiving hospice care.
The hospice nurse is helping the family cope with the client's deteriorating condition, educating
them on the signs of approaching death. Which of the following would the nurse include in this
education plan?
a) Difficulty swallowing
b) Increased urinary output
c) Decreased pain
d) Increased sensory stimulation
C Correct Ans-When preparing for palliative care with the dying client, the nurse should
provide the family with which explanation?
a) "Palliative care is the gradual withdrawal of mechanical ventilation from a client with
terminal illness and poor prognosis."
b) "In palliative care, no attempts are to be made to resuscitate a client whose breathing or heart
stops."
Answers
A Correct Ans-The nurse working on a hospice unit is giving an in-service on the importance
of faith and religion in client care. What does the nurse tell the group is a benefit of religious
fellowship?
a) It offers support for the client.
b) It puts a good label on the client.
c) It distracts the client.
d) It allows for further isolation.
D Correct Ans-A hospice nurse is providing emotional care and support for a family who lost
a son. The care will be provided based on what knowledge?
a) Grief is an abnormal physical reaction to a loss.
b) Bereavement is a normal process, requiring little intervention.
c) All members of the family will react to loss in the same way.
d) Stages of grief reactions may overlap and are individualized.
D Correct Ans-A client who is on hospice care and has no immediate family has been given
less than 1 week to live. The nurse caring for the client recognizes that providing presence is
most important, especially when a client is dying. What would be the best way for this nurse to
provide presence to this client?
, a) Check on this client every hour.
b) Tell the client that you are there when needed and to just ring the call bell.
c) Sit in the chair on the other side of the room for 10 minutes each hour.
d) Hold the client's hand and sit by the bedside as often as possible.
A Correct Ans-A terminally ill client is being cared for at home and receiving hospice care.
The hospice nurse is helping the family cope with the client's deteriorating condition, educating
them on the signs of approaching death. Which of the following would the nurse include in this
education plan?
a) Difficulty swallowing
b) Increased urinary output
c) Decreased pain
d) Increased sensory stimulation
C Correct Ans-When preparing for palliative care with the dying client, the nurse should
provide the family with which explanation?
a) "Palliative care is the gradual withdrawal of mechanical ventilation from a client with
terminal illness and poor prognosis."
b) "In palliative care, no attempts are to be made to resuscitate a client whose breathing or heart
stops."
