The Patient Is in the Final Stage of Dying

question 17

Multiple Choice

The patient is in the final stage of dying.Which action does the nurse implement?

• A) Maintain a darkened, cool room.
• B) Elevate the head of the bed.
• C) Catheterize the patient frequently.
• D) Provide warm, soothing liquids.

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed Random Variable

A variable that follows a normal distribution, characterized by its bell-shaped curve, where its mean, median, and mode coincide.

Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from the mean.

Standard Normal Random Variable

A special case of the normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.