A nurse is providing end-of-life care for an 89-year-old male diabetic client with acute renal failure. Which nursing consideration must the nurse employ when catering to the basic needs of the client and his family members?
A) Try to convince the client and family members to agree to organ or tissue donation.
B) Provide nursing care to the client, without regard to the nurse's own feelings.
C) Discourage the client from talking to family members about his death.
D) Offer to secure spiritual counseling, if requested, for the client and family members.
D
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When caring for a dying client, it is often helpful if the nurse offers to secure spiritual counseling, if requested, for the client and family members. Nurses who dedicate their careers to end-of-life care must be compassionate and caring and must understand their own feelings regarding life and death. The nurse must not force or try to convince the client or family members to agree to organ donation, because some people feel very vulnerable and they should not feel pressured into consenting to organ or tissue donation. The client should not be restricted from talking about death with his family members. Otherwise, it may make him feel unimportant and unwanted by the family.
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