A 5-year-old child is admitted to a hospice facility with a diagnosis of a metastatic brain tumor. What nursing consideration should be made when dealing with dying children?
A) Avoid involving them in decision making.
B) Discourage them from talking about death.
C) Explain death as similar to going to sleep.
D) Explain death in terms of the child's religious beliefs.
D
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The nurse should explain death to the child in terms of the child's religious beliefs. Children should be involved in decisions regarding their own care. Children need to express their feelings about death. If they are discouraged, children may not bring up the subject again. The nurse should not explain death as similar to going to sleep because this may cause the child to be afraid to go to sleep at night.
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