The nurse is caring for a Hindu patient receiving hospice care. Which does the nurse expect to facilitate for the family when the patient dies?
a. Allowing the family members to wash and prepare the patient's body
b. Helping the family arrange for burial of the body
c. Communion and prayers by any type of minister or priest
d. Discussion of the finality of death
A
Hindu family members take an active role in preparing the body of a family member after death. Cremation, not burial, is traditional. Most likely the family will request the presence of a Brahmin priest who may chant prayers. A belief in reincarnation is held by those of the Hindu religion.
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