While Family Members Are Visiting, a Client Has a Cardiac

question 31

Multiple Choice

While family members are visiting, a client has a cardiac arrest and is being resuscitated. Which of the following actions by the nurse is best?

• A)Ask family members if they wish to remain in the room during the resuscitation.
• B)Explain to family members that watching the resuscitation will be very stressful.
• C)Assign a staff member to wait with family members just outside the client room.
• D)Escort family members quickly out of the client room and then remain with them.