The major nursing responsibility for clients who are dying is
1. To maintain the client's comfort and dignity
2. To assist the client to a peaceful death
3. To maintain a sense of hopefulness
4. To help the family accept the death
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Rationale: Maintaining the client's comfort and dignity is a nursing responsibility for all clients, including the dying person.
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