Anticipatory grief has the potential to facilitate what?
A) Clear examination of treatment options
B) Admission to hospice care
C) An earlier and less painful death
D) Acceptance of impending death
Ans: D
Anticipatory grief allows the individual and others to get used to the reality of the loss or death and to complete unfinished business.
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Ethical nursing conduct reflected in current nursing codes includes all of the following behaviors except:
a. following physician orders without question. b. being alert for incompetent practice and care. c. taking appropriate action to safeguard patients. d. reporting practice that might endanger patients.
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a. ulcerative colitis. b. hiatal hernia. c. pyloric obstruction. d. achalasia.