A Client Is Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness and Is

question 20

Multiple Choice

A client is diagnosed with a terminal illness and is demonstrating anxiety.What intervention can the nurse use to help the client at this time?

• A)Explore the client's history with other stressful life events and how successful coping was at that time.
• 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)Supply information about the client's disease process and the expected trajectory of death only on a need-to-know basis.
• D)Encourage early pharmaceutical intervention with antianxiety and sedative medications.

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Definitions:

NCI

NCI, or Non-Controlling Interest, refers to the share of ownership in a subsidiary that belongs to shareholders other than the parent company.

Entity Method

An accounting technique used in consolidations, treating the parent and subsidiary as separate entities for the calculation of minority interest and consolidated net income.

Non-Controlling Interest

The portion of equity in a subsidiary not held by the parent company, reflecting the minority shareholders' share of the profits and losses.

Net Assets

The total assets of an entity minus its total liabilities, representing the owners' equity or net worth of the entity.