A nursing student is assigned to work in the emergency department to assist victims after a tornado. The student says to the nurse in charge, "I don't know how to help these parents. Their son was just decapitated by a flying piece of glass, and they won't leave him. They did mention that they are Catholic." Which intervention does the nurse suggest for inclusion in a plan of immediate care for the family?
A. Telling the student not to disturb the family until the end of shift
B. Calling their family priest immediately to come help them to let their son go
C. Asking the emergency department health care provider to join the student in requesting that the family let the nursing staff care for their son
D. Joining the family and, after they have been able to be with their son for some time, helping them relinquish their son's body to the nurses
Ans: D. Joining the family and, after they have been able to be with their son for some time, helping them relinquish their son's body to the nurses
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