Exam 25: Care for the Dying and Those Who Grieve

After being notified that her husband died of heart failure,a wife approaches the nurse who cared for her husband and in the hospital hallway shouts angrily,"He'd still be alive if you'd given him your undivided attention!" Select the nurse's best response.

A terminally ill patient tells the nurse,"Life has been good.I am proud of being self-educated.I overcame adversity with willpower.I always gave my best and expected things to turn out well.I intend to die as I lived: optimistically." The nurse planning care for this patient recognizes a critical need to:

After the death of his wife,a man tells the nurse,"I can't live without her.She was my whole life." Which is the nurse's most therapeutic reply?

A child drowned while swimming in a local lake 4 years earlier.Which behavior indicates that the parents are effectively coping with their loss? The parents:

Which actions by a nurse contribute to protecting the rights of patients who are terminally ill? Select all that apply.

A widow grieving her husband's sudden death tells the nurse,"I'm not feeling well.Yesterday,I saw my husband walk through the door,stop,and smile at me.Then he just faded away." Which is the nurse's most appropriate action?

A patient's fiancé died in an automobile accident several days ago.The patient reports crying and experiencing feelings of guilt and anger.This behavior is characteristic of which stage of acute grief?

A person whose husband is terminally ill says,"I don't want to cry in front of him.I don't want him to know how close he is to death or how sad I am." Which response by the nurse would be most therapeutic?

A recently widowed patient tells the health care provider,"I have so much epigastric discomfort.I wonder if I have an ulcer." Diagnostic tests are negative.The symptom demonstrates:

A nurse had cared for a terminally ill patient for over a month and always looked forward to spending time with the patient.When the patient died,the nurse experienced sadness and felt mildly depressed.Eventually,the nurse explains these feelings to a mentor.The mentor should counsel the nurse: