The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Whose Family Does

question 6

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a client whose family does not want to tell him that he is dying.What is the nurse's best action according to these wishes?

• A)Arrange an encounter with the client and tell him the truth.
• B)Change the subject when the client asks about his impending death.
• C)Tell the family that the patient has the right to know that he is dying.
• D)Talk to the family about the situation and their concerns.

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Definitions:

Chebysheff's Theorem

A theorem that provides a minimum proportion of observations that lie within a specified number of standard deviations from the mean, applicable to all distributions.

Standard Deviations

A measure that indicates the amount of variation or dispersion from the average in a set of data.

Geometric Mean

The nth root of the product of n numbers, used especially for sets of positive numbers.

Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from the mean.