A client is inquiring to the nurse about hospice care. The nurse ...

[Haya94]

A client is inquiring to the nurse about hospice care. The nurse would be correct in giving which information regarding this form of end-of-life care?
 
  A) A terminal diagnosis is required.
  B) The client must wish to pursue aggressive treatment.
  C) Chronically ill patients qualify.
  D) It limits support to the client during the dying process.

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a client with terminal cancer. The client states, If I promise to change my bad habits, the cancer will go away. The nurse knows that this statement is an example of which of Kubler-Ross' stages of grief?
 
  A) Denial
  B) Anger
  C) Bargaining
  D) Acceptance

[kingdude89]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Hospice care refers to a program that supports the client and family through the dying process and the surviving family members through the process of bereavement. To qualify for hospice, the individual must be terminally ill with a life expectancy of 6 months or less.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
This scenario is an example of bargaining to prolong one's life. Denial serves as a temporary escape from reality. In the anger stage, the client appears difficult, demanding, and ungrateful. In the acceptance stage, the client has achieved an inner and outer peace due to a personal victory over fear.

[Haya94]

Excellent

[sarah_brady415]

Great answer, keep it coming