When considering care for the dying, which awareness, by the nurse, provides the best rationale for general nursing care?
A) Comfort measures are essential during this period.
B) Death is the final stage of growth and development.
C) Care for grieving family members is important.
D) Technology extends death and dying.
B
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When providing nursing care for the dying, it is important to recognize that death is natural, universal, and the final stage of growth and development. Comfort measures and care for grieving family members are specifics that guide nursing interventions. Technology does not always extend death and dying.
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