A client of the Hispanic culture is nearing death and the family requests that the client be prepared for discharge. The nurse realizes that the reason the family and client want to return home is because:
1. individuals within this culture do not trust hospital caregivers.
2. the family wants to have a spiritual healer care for the client.
3. it is bad luck to die in the hospital.
4. the spirit may get lost if the client dies in the hospital, and it will not be able to find its way home.
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Within the Hispanic culture, the client and family may not want to die in the hospital because the spirit may get lost and will not be able to find its way home. The reason the family and client want to return home is not because of a distrust of hospital caregivers. The family may want to have a spiritual healer conduct a ceremony for the client, but this does not need to be done in the home. Members of the Hispanic culture do not believe that it is bad luck to die in the hospital.
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