You Are Caring for a Patient Who Is Terminally Ill

Multiple Choice

You are caring for a patient who is terminally ill whose family has requested to hold a spiritual ceremony during which they will be using incense. What would be the best intervention you could make on behalf of this patient?

A) Discourage the use of incense in the hospital.
B) Ask the family to have the ceremony off the unit.
C) Arrange for the ceremony to occur after notifying all departments affected.
D) Encourage the family to conduct the ceremony elsewhere because it may affect other patients in
The unit.