Which of the following interventions best reflects the nurse's attempt to honor the terminally ill client's cultural values?
1. Interviewing both the client and the family to identify preferred end-of-life care
2. Talking openly and without biases about the client's end-of-life care preferences
3. Providing the family with the opportunity to realize the client's end-of-life wishes
4. Becoming familiar with the death rituals most common among the nurse's client population
ANS: 3
Care provided at the end-of-life within the client and family's cultural context draws on the re-sources of their entire lives. Honoring client and family cultural values characterizes expert end-of-life care. Actually facilitating the opportunity to have the client's wishes fulfilled is the best reflection of expert end-of-life care. The other options are all facets of being successful at facilitating this care.
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