A client involved in a motor vehicle accident is declared dead on admission to the healthcare facility. The client's driver's license indicates a wish to be an eye donor. Which nursing measure should the nurse perform when caring for the client's body?

An older adult client is admitted to the healthcare facility with severe respiratory failure and infections. Which nursing measure must the nurse perform when caring for this client?

A nurse is providing end-of-life care to an older adult client at a healthcare facility. The client reports frequent nausea and vomiting. Which nursing considerations must the nurse employ when caring for the client? Select all that apply.

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is dying. What interventions should the nurse perform with regard to mouth care for this client?

A nurse is working with a client who has just been diagnosed as having terminal cancer. The client is visibly agitated and keeps asking staff members at the hospital, "I have tried to do the right thing all my life, and now this...I don't understand why I have to go through this." Which stage of dying would the nurse note for this client?

The nurse is caring for a terminally ill client who has a "DNI" order on the chart. The nurse notes equipment at the bedside to assist in caring for the client. Which equipment, if noted, would alert the nurse to verify the order and speak to a supervisor?

The nurse is working with a client who is in end-of-life care. The nurse is primarily providing the client with palliative care. Which is an example of palliative care?

A client who is dying is breathing in a fast, labored, and deep manner. The nurse recognizes this breathing pattern as:

How can a nurse help a client achieve higher-level needs in Maslow hierarchy?

The nurse is caring for a dying client. What is the priority nursing action during the care of this client?

The nurse is caring for a client determined to be approaching death. What signs observed by the nurse would indicate this? Select all that apply.

The nurse is implementing a plan of care for a dying client. What nursing action can assist the client in maintaining dignity?

The nurse observes a family member of a dying client crying by the client’s bedside. What is the appropriate response by the nurse?

A client has a terminal diagnosis and wants to be specific about what treatment and care is rendered when unable to make those decisions. What should the nurse encourage the client to obtain?

Select the correct sequence that needs to occur during the last stage of life.

1. The client's sense of hearing is slowly lost

2. The client experiences sweating

3. The client's extremities feel colder to the touch

4. The client's sense of touch is gradually diminished

A 60-year-old client with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and a severe respiratory infection dies at the healthcare facility. Which nursing procedure must the nurse perform for the postmortem care of the client's body?

A 95-year-old client diagnosed with intestinal carcinoma is admitted to a healthcare facility with respiratory complications. Which nursing measure would the nurse perform when providing end-of-life care for the client?

A 55-year-old client was admitted to the healthcare center for cardiac bypass surgery. Before undergoing the surgery, the client had prepared an advance directive expressing his wish to donate his eyes in case of his death. The client died before the surgery. Which should the nurse keep in mind when caring for the client's body?

A nurse is caring for an 80-year-old client who is in the stages of dying. The client asks the nurse, "Why is this happening to me?" Which stage of dying is the client going through?

An elderly client is admitted to the healthcare facility after a heart attack. The client tells the attending nurse that she wants to designate her eldest son to make the healthcare decisions if she becomes incompetent to do so. Which advance directive is the client requesting?

An 85-year-old client involved in a major motor vehicle accident is brought to the healthcare facility in a comatose state with severe blood loss and multiple injuries to his head. Brain death is diagnosed, and the client is being sustained on a ventilator. There is a disagreement among the family of the client about the further course of action. Which individual organization must make the decisions in such a situation?

A nurse approaches the family of a 45-year-old male client after his death at the healthcare facility with the option of donation his kidneys to another client in the same facility. Which must the nurse ensure during this procedure?

A 35-year-old client is rushed to the emergency unit of a healthcare facility after a motor vehicle accident. The client is not responding to sound and is lying still. Which sign must the nurse use to confirm the brain death of the client?

A 45-year-old client with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is admitted to the healthcare facility with severe respiratory infection. The client is in a semiconscious state, and her vital signs are gradually decreasing. Which must the nurse do for the family members of the dying client?

A 45-year-old client who has liver carcinoma with extensive metastases to other parts of the body was admitted to a healthcare facility. The client was put on the ventilator. He was found to be unresponsive and was declared dead after examination. The client is survived by his wife. Which of the following decisions can the client's wife make? Select all that apply.

"This isn't happening to me!"

"Why is this happening to me?"

"I don't care anymore."

"I promise I will be a better person if only..."

"I'm ready for whatever happens."

Withdrawal from life

An expression of the client's wishes about the kinds of treatment and care that he or she wants to receive if terminally ill or unable to make decisions about healthcare

Types of treatment (receive or not)

Designates a person to make healthcare choices

Electronic form, can be carried on a key chain

True or false. Nurses will speak to family members regarding organ donation.

A place or plan of care designed to assist the end-of-life client and family

Aids clients to work through care as comfortably as possible

Time away

To enter a hospice program, a client must be certified by a medical professional and their life will typically not exceed _____

Which of the following would be best for the dying client in order to promote hydration?

Reglan, Tigan, Zofran, Compazine, Marinol - a derivative of THC, also stimulates appetite

True or false. Milk is contraindicated in dying clients as it tends to form mucus, making it harder to breathe.

When a client with cancer does not respond to medical treatment any longer and a restorative cure is unrealistic, which nursing action is most helpful initially to a client dealing with a terminal condition?

Arrange the following reactions to terminal illness in the sequence they are most likely to occur.

1. Bargaining

2. Depression

3. Anger

4. Acceptance

5. Denial

The family of a terminal client who has chosen to die at home with hospice care asks the nurse how they will know when death is near. Which of the following is correct information? Select all that apply.

Which of the following interventions is best for the nurse to perform when drooling occurs in a dying client?