A 30-Year-Old Terminally Ill Patient Is Concerned About How Her

question 38

Multiple Choice

A 30-year-old terminally ill patient is concerned about how her 7-year-old child will perceive her death. What advice from the nurse would be most beneficial?

• A)Explain to the patient that children of this age recognize death is permanent.
• B)Advise the patient that children that age emotionally distance themselves from the death.
• C)Encourage the patient to prepare the child by explaining that death is permanent since the child fears separation.
• D)Advise the patient that children at this age think death is sleeping.