The nurse plans nonpharmacologic comfort measures. Which does the nurse implement for care of a client who is dying?
1. Maintain the head of the bed lowered.
2. Provide regular hygiene and skin care.
3. Reduce the amount of analgesics given.
4. Offer foods with strong flavors and smells.
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2. The nurse provides hygiene and skin care to the client who is dying to enhance client dignity and to achieve the best quality of life possible. Near death, clients can be incontinent, so the nurse provides hygiene and skin care to enhance the client's appearance and provide comfort.
1. Unless the client is unable to tolerate it, the nurse keeps the client in semi-Fowler's position to facilitate breathing.
3. The nurse administers adequate pain relief for the dying client.
4. Generally, dying clients lose their appetite; in addition, strong food smells tend to make a dying client nauseated.
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a. dehumanizing. b. humanizing. c. persuasion. d. bargaining.
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A) Alice J, RN B) A. Jones, RN C) Alice Jones D) AJRN
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1. It is important to treat this relationship with the community as a partnership. 2. The nurse alone has the power to shape and influence the behaviors of the community members. 3. There is usually no need to include community leaders when developing a program for the community. 4. Current community values only play a small role in changing behaviors of community members.