A client asks the nurse what is meant by "grief work." The nurse should explain that "grief work" refers to:
1. Actively seeking assistance to cope with the loss experiences
2. Establishing new methods of coping with stress
3. The means by which one moves through the grief process
4. Evaluating progress made toward accepting the loss
ANS: 3
Grief work is moving through the stages of grief (option 3). Options 1, 2, and 4 can be compo-nents of grief work, and a grieving person may or may not achieve options 1, 2, or 4 in the grief work.
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a. Continually assess the patients for adhe-rence to the regime. b. Assess the patients for ways they can re-main in control. c. Teach the patients about the illness tra-jectory. d. Routinely review all medications the pa-tients are taking.
When transferring a patient from the bed to a stretcher, position the stretcher vertical with the bed
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