A young nurse has had no experiences of death in her own life. As a staff nurse, she finds herself dealing with young children who are terminally ill. She feels extremely uncomfortable facing these children and their caregivers.
What is the best approach for the nurse to take in caring for these families?
A) Focus on the physical needs of the patient; the nurse's job is to care for those aspects of the child's needs.
B) Ask another nurse to perform those tasks that involve discussions with the patients and their caregivers.
C) Ask her supervisor to allow her to attend a seminar on dealing with the terminally ill and to recommend books and articles that will help her understand death better.
D) Recognize that the bad thing is not happening to her and face her responsibility to care for the whole patient.
Question 2
The caregivers of a 2 year old who has had a common cold for 4 days calls the nurse in the emergency department at 2 a.m.
on a cold winter night to say that the child has awoken with a barking cough and an elevated temperature; she seems blue around her mouth. The nurse would most appropriately recommend which of the following to the caregiver?
A) Put a cool mist humidifier or vaporizer in the room to see if that relieves the cough. Call back if there's no relief in an hour.
B) Bundle the child up and take her out into the cold for a few minutes. Call back if the exposure to the cold air does not provide relief.
C) Bring the child to the emergency room immediately.
D) Turn on all of the hot water taps in the bathroom and close the door. Take the child into the steam-filled room for 15 minutes. If there is no relief, bring the child to the emergency room.
Young male Pacific Walruses on Cape Pierce in Alaska. Note the variation in the curvature and orient
A nurse shows empathy to a client.
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
Development of Morality in Young Children
The Death of Melanocytes (Vitiglio)
Oxidative stress can begin in childhood and lead to progressive damage throughout life