The home care nurse is getting ready to help the patient prepare ...

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The home care nurse is getting ready to help the patient prepare a tub bath. What should the nurse be sure to do?

Question 2

The patient was a practicing Hindu when he died. Knowing this, the nurse realizes that:
 
  a. the body should be covered with a cotton sheet.
  b. anointing of the sick is performed even after death.
  c. family members often prefer to wash the body after death.
  d. the body should be buried within 24 hours.

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Answer to Question 1



Answer to Question 2

C
With Hinduism, family members prefer to wash the body after death and are present to chant, pray, and use incense. In Buddhism, when the person has died, the body should be covered with a cotton sheet. Others should not touch the body, and the mouth and eyes of the deceased are left open. Christians in the Roman Catholic tradition often request sacraments of Penance and Anointing of the Sick and Holy Communion at the end of life. In Orthodox Judaism, a family member remains with the body until burial, which takes place within 24 hours, not on the Sabbath.