Which condition, when assessed in a dying client, requires that the nurse take
action?
:~~ Moaning
A client with terminal lung cancer is receiving hospice care at home. Which nursing
action does the RN manager ask the LPN/LVN to do?
:~~ Administer prescribed medications to relieve the clie...
The family of an unconscious dying client realizes that their mother will die soon.
The client's children are having a difficult time letting go. How does the nurse
respond to the needs of this family?
✓ :~~ • "This must be difficult for you."
A hospice client becomes too weak to swallow. What does the nurse do initially to
increase the client's comfort?
✓ :~~ Teaches the family how to provide oral care
A dying client says to the nurse, "I am afraid to die. I did a lot of wrong things in
my life." How does the nurse respond?
✓ :~~ • "Tell me more about that."
A client with terminal pancreatic cancer is near death and reports increasing
shortness of breath with associated anxiety. Which hospice protocol order does the
nurse implement first?
✓ :~~ Morphine sulfate (Roxanol) 5 to 10 mg sublingually as needed
In which newly admitted client situations does the nurse initiate a conversation
about advance directives?
✓ :~~ • A client with a non-life-threatening illness
• A person who currently has advance directives
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