The nurse is admitting a Roman Catholic adult patient who is critically ill. Based on her knowledge of the patient's religion, for which religious practice should she expect to notify the hospital chaplain?
1) Anointing of Sick
2) Baptism
3) Eucharist
4) Sacrament of Reconciliation
ANS: 1
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