The nurse is caring for a child who has been a patient on the pediatric unit for several weeks. The child has a terminal illness and is dying. The caregivers and the nurse are in the room when the child takes the last breath and dies
Which of the following actions by the nurse would be considered appropriate at this time? The nurse:
A) walks out of the room and calls the nursing supervisor and chaplain.
B) tells the family he or she shares in their sadness and cries with them.
C) maintains his or her professional demeanor and tells the caregivers that a staff person will be in to take the body soon.
D) consoles the family members by hugging or rubbing their backs and moves to a corner in the room to cry.
B
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