Which of the following can the nurse do to support a client with diabetes who desires to take Communion but has to abstain from food and drink before doing so?
1. Suggest that since the client is hospitalized, eating and drinking will not affect the Communion.
2. Provide the client with breakfast and morning medication and encourage the client to eat and take Communion some other time.
3. Find out when the hospital clergy will be distributing Communion and adjust the client's medications and breakfast accordingly.
4. Contact the physician to suggest an alternative form of nutrition since the client is refusing to eat or drink.
3. Find out when the hospital clergy will be distributing Communion and adjust the client's medications and breakfast accordingly.
Rationale:
To support the client's spiritual needs, the nurse should find out when Communion will be distributed and adjust the medications and breakfast accordingly. The nurse should not suggest that eating and drinking will not affect Communion. The nurse should not ignore the client's needs by providing medication and breakfast. The nurse should also not contact the physician to suggest alternative forms of nutrition, since the client is not refusing to eat or drink but wants to delay eating and drinking until after Communion.
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