You Are Caring for an Elder Who Is Experiencing Severe

question 2

Multiple Choice

You are caring for an elder who is experiencing severe chronic pain and suffering from a terminal illness despite your best nursing interventions to reduce the pain.Your patient has verbalized a desire to find "some sort of meaning to all of this." Which intervention would be most appropriate at this time?

• A) Change the subject and introduce a distraction,such as television.
• B) Reassure the elder that this is normal and that everyone experiences it.
• C) Listen and facilitate expression of feelings about life and death.
• D) Ask the doctor to order a psychiatric consult.

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