When evaluating care of dying clients, the nurse recognizes that interventions have been unsuccessful if the
a. client does not get past the stage of denial.
b. client dies in peace surrounded by loved ones.
c. client dies while experiencing pain.
d. nurse refuses to allow the client to be sad.
ANS: D
The concept of grief describes the personal emotions and adaptive process a person goes through in recovering from loss. Common feelings include sadness and an acute awareness of the void accompanied by recurring, wavelike feelings of sadness and loss. Some clients cope by remaining in the denial stage. This is the client's right. When a client dies in peace surrounded by loved ones, it is evidence of successful interventions. Sometimes a peaceful death is not possible, but that does not mean the intervention was ineffective.
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