A client involved in a motor vehicle accident is rushed to the healthcare facility in an unconscious state. The healthcare provider has diagnosed the situation as critical with little hope of survival
The unconscious client suddenly regains consciousness and becomes alert. Which nursing measure must the nurse employ when caring for the dying client's family members? A) Inform the family that the client may soon be out of danger.
B) Request the family members not to talk about death to the client.
C) Immediately call the family members to bid farewell to the client.
D) Provide respite care to the client's family members.
C
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Clients who have been unconscious may abruptly become lucid and alert when they are about to die. Therefore, if possible, the family members are asked to meet the client at this time so that they can have a chance to say a final goodbye. The nurse should not provide any false hope to the client's family and tell them that the client may soon be out of danger. The nurse should not ask the client's family members to avoid talking about death because it will weaken the client's feeling of having made an impression on the world and that he or she will be missed deeply. Respite care, in the form of personal rest and refreshment to the family members, is usually provided when the client is resting or out of danger.
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