The Client Expresses Distress Over Missing Religious Services While in the Hospital.What

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Multiple Choice

The client expresses distress over missing religious services while in the hospital.What is the nurse's best action?

• A) Tell the client that he or she shouldn't worry about it right now.
• B) Ask the client's spouse or family member to pray with the client.
• C) Ask the hospital's professional chaplain to talk to the client.
• D) Encourage the client to reschedule procedures for another day.

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Definitions:

Mammalian

Pertaining to mammals, a class of warm-blooded animals characterized by the presence of mammary glands, which females use to feed their young.

Vertebrates

Animals with a backbone or spinal column, which includes fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Hemoglobin

A protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues of the body and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs.

Antibodies

Proteins produced by the immune system that recognize and bind to specific foreign substances called antigens to neutralize or destroy them.