Exam 31: End-Of-Life Care

The nurse and nursing assistive personnel are collaborating to perform post-mortem care on a recently deceased patient.What action by the NAP requires the nurse to intervene?

The nurse provides postmortem care for an unfamiliar patient.Which approach should the nurse use to best care for the body after death?

The family wants to see their family member who has just died.What actions does the nurse take when the family comes to visit?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is dying but is receiving palliative care.What reason should the nurse give to the patient's family for this type of care?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is dying.What action by the nurse facilitates family grieving?

A patient on hospice care has been nauseated for two days, but now feels better and wishes to drink a little fluid.What fluid would the nurse bring the patient?

The nurse is explaining the similarities between palliative care and hospice care to the family of a patient.Which statements indicate a need for further education? (Select all that apply.)

The family of a dying patient asks the nurse "Why bother giving the patient laxatives and stool softeners now?" What response by the nurse is best?

The nurse is caring for a Hindu patient receiving hospice care.Which does the nurse expect to facilitate for the family when the patient dies?

During postmortem care, the patient's family says that the patient didn't have his dentures to place in his mouth.Which action does the nurse take at this time?

The nurse plans nonpharmacological comfort measures for a patient who is dying.What activity by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse is explaining to the patient the transition phase from palliative care to hospice care.Which statement by the patient indicates a good understanding of the process?

A patient with bone cancer and severe pain is nearing the end of life and is now unresponsive.The nurse continues to administer round-the-clock opioid analgesics.What does the nurse explain to the nursing student about this activity?

The family of the patient receiving hospice care is at the bedside expecting an imminent death.They become upset when the patient suddenly becomes restless and disoriented.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

The family of a dying patient is distressed that their loved one does not want to eat or drink and is constantly asking the patient to eat or drink something.What response by the nurse is best?

The nurse is caring for a dying patient and delegates hourly oral care to the nursing assistive personnel.What actions does the NAP perform? (Select all that apply.)

The patient is in the final stage of dying.Which action does the nurse implement?

The nurse wants to provide specialized nursing care for a patient with a serious degenerative illness that is not life threatening but for which there is no cure.Which approach would the nurse use in the care of this patient?

The nurse is caring for a patient who just died.Which action does the nurse take first to determine if the patient is an organ or tissue donor?