Author Question: The nurse who is caring for a terminally ill infant asks the parents if they want their clergyman ... (Read 37 times)

nummyann · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse who is caring for a terminally ill infant asks the parents if they want their clergyman called to baptize the child. The parents reply that they do not believe in infant baptism.

The nurse believes the infant must be baptized before it dies. Which action is most appropriate for the nurse to take?
a. Try to convince the parents to baptize the child.
b. Baptize the child.
c. Accept the directives of the parents.
d. Call the clergyman of the nurse's faith to baptize the child.

Question 2

The nurse recalls that an individual from which group is most likely to view health as an absence of disease or illness?

a. European American
b. Asian American
c. Hispanic American
d. African American