NURS:125 - 15 & 16 Questions And Answers 100%Solved Rated A+
The sensitive health-care worker can demonstrate therapeutic presence by - correct answer...Remaining near the patient and family
The statement that best depicts the preschooler's understanding of death is - correct answer..."I know...
NURS:125 - 15 & 16 Questions And
Answers 100%Solved Rated A+
The sensitive health-care worker can demonstrate therapeutic presence by - correct
answer...✔✔Remaining near the patient and family
The statement that best depicts the preschooler's understanding of death is - correct
answer...✔✔"I know that my brother got taken because I had a fight with him."
A 90-year-old West Indian man is dying, and 20 family members fill the hall as they try
to crowd into the room. The culturally competent health-care worker will - correct
answer...✔✔Move out unnecessary furniture to make room for the family.
The health-care worker can support grieving families at the time of death by - correct
answer...✔✔Allowing the family time to stay with the loved one after the death
When parents ask if their school-age child should attend the funeral of their
grandmother, the health-care worker would base a response on the understanding that
attendance will - correct answer...✔✔Provide an closure for the child
The primary goal of end-of-life care is - correct answer...✔✔Comfort and care to
promote death with dignity
A terminally ill patient is unresponsive and having periods of apnea. The patient's family
is arguing at the bedside about where the funeral should be held. The health-care
worker should - correct answer...✔✔Take the family members aside and explain that
the patient may be able to hear them
The document naming the person or persons who should make health-care decisions if
a patient cannot make informed decisions for him- or herself is the - correct answer...✔
✔Durable power of attorney
The grieving mother whose adolescent son died last week tells the home health-care
worker that her 5-year-old has begun to wet the bed. The health-care worker's most
helpful response would be - correct answer...✔✔"Regression to less mature forms of
behavior are not unusual after a death."
The health-care worker caring for a dying 78-year-old Hispanic woman understands that
in Hispanic families when death is near, the family will - correct answer...✔✔Prohibit
pregnant women and children from the bedside
As a Native American elder is dying, a young health-care worker complains to her
supervisor that the eldest son is not at his father's bedside and is nowhere to be found.
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, The culturally competent health-care worker responds - correct answer...✔✔"He is
observing his own private grieving away from his dying father."
When the treatment for a 12-year-old child with terminal cancer needs to shift from cure
to palliation, the health-care worker reminds the family it is important that they should -
correct answer...✔✔Explain this new approach in age-appropriate terms
When a terminally ill patient says, "I feel that death is just around the corner," the most
appropriate response would be - correct answer...✔✔"Is this feeling something you
would like to talk about?"
A dying patient becomes withdrawn and verbally uncommunicative. Relatives try to
cheer him up, which is most indicative of - correct answer...✔✔Failure to recognize the
patient's need to openly express his grief
The health-care worker assesses a normal response in a dying 8-year-old boy who says
- correct answer...✔✔"I will miss my mom and dad, but my grandmother in heaven will
take care of me."
When caring for a terminally ill patient, health-care workers are permitted to provide
interventions that - correct answer...✔✔Offer pain relief to the dying person even if
there is a risk death will occur
The school-age siblings of a dying child should be - correct answer...✔✔Involved in the
plan of care for their sibling
The best practice in promoting quality of life for a terminally ill 10-year-old child would
be - correct answer...✔✔Allowing the child to return to his or her regular classroom
Denial is a common reaction to the diagnosis of a terminal illness, because the use of
this defense mechanism - correct answer...✔✔Is helpful to adaptation
Patients and families progress through various stages of reactions when a diagnosis of
a terminal illness is made. After the helplessness phase, a period of adjustment usually
follows. This phase is characterized by - correct answer...✔✔Guilt
An 8-year-old child with a terminal illness is returning to school after having received
treatment that has caused hair and weight loss. The most appropriate action by the
school nurse would be to - correct answer...✔✔prepare the child's classmates and
teachers for changes they can expect
A young Cambodian man has just arrived at the hospital from the airport to find that his
father has already died. His family members are all praying at the bedside. The
culturally competent health-care worker would offer the young man a(n) - correct
answer...✔✔White hospital gown to wear
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