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JGIBBSON

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A female client is angry and unable to comprehend dying. How can the nurse caring for the client best ensure that the client reaches a stage of acceptance and peace?
 
  A) Convince the client that she is dying
  B) Ask the client to seek comfort in prayer
  C) Allow the client to take her own time
  D) Explain that all people eventually die

Question 2

An older adult client is dying and tells the nurse of hoping to live to see his daughter receive her promotion to full professor. The nurse understands the client's frame of mind.
 
  Based on this information, what information should the nurse put on in sign-off report about which stage of dying is the client going through? A) Denial
  B) Anger
  C) Bargaining
  D) Depression



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Answer to Question 1

C
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The nurse should allow the client to take her own time in moving through the dying process, rather than hastening her through it, because this will not help the client. The nurse should not try to convince the client that she is dying or explain to the client that all people eventually die, because the client is aware of these facts, but is not willing to accept them at the moment. It would not be appropriate for the nurse to ask the client to seek comfort in prayer, because she needs to accept the situation first.

Answer to Question 2

C
Feedback:
The client is going through the bargaining stage of dying, because the client is trying to make a deal in the hope of postponing death. The client is not undergoing depression, because the client is not concentrating on past losses. The client is not in the denial stage of dying, because the client is not ignoring reality. The client is not denying the diagnosis of terminal illness and, thus, is not going through a denial stage.



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