A Hospice Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Has

question 9

Multiple Choice

A hospice nurse is caring for a client who has been given 6 months to live.Which nursing intervention would address the anxiety of the client and family associated with receiving a terminal diagnosis?

• A) Encourage early pharmaceutical intervention with anti-anxiety and sedative medications to ease the grieving process.
• B) Teach the family that while talking with the client about death and dying is permissible, they should not allow the client to dwell on death.
• C) Explore the client and family's history with other stressful life events and how successful coping was at that time.
• D) Supply information about the client's disease process and the expected trajectory of death only on a need-to-know basis.

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