Exam 18: Loss and End-Of-Life Issues

A dying patient is being cared for at home.The family relates to the hospice nurse that they are distressed that the patient no longer wants favorite food items.What response by the nurse is best?

The nurse determines that the daughter of a widowed older adult patient has a poor understanding of the grieving process when she reports that:

A man who recently lost his wife of 50 years shares with the nurse that he'll "never get over missing her." The nurse is most therapeutic when responding: