HESI (NCLEX-PN) Exam - Grief and Loss – Palliation

Grief and Loss – Palliation

•             Which statement about palliative care is correct, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)?

•             A registered nurse is educating a licensed practical nurse (LPN) about providing palliative care to a dying child. Which statement by the LPN indicates a need for further teaching?

•             What is a function of a bereavement support group?

•             An adolescent child is in the terminal stage of cancer. The parents ask how they will know when death is imminent. The nurse discusses the physical manifestations with

the parents. What are the signs and symptoms of approaching death? Select all that apply.

•             Which team member of the hospice interdisciplinary team helps the clients and their families handle grief issues?

•             What is the most important factor relative to a therapeutic nurse–client relationship when a nurse is caring for a client who is terminally ill?

•             The significant other of a client who is dying of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) tells the nurse, "Life is not worth living without my partner." What should the nurse plan to do to help the significant other cope with the impending death?

•             A hospice client who has severe pain asks for another dose of oxycodone. The nurse's primary consideration when responding to the client's request is to do what?

•             A client with advanced bone cancer is experiencing cachexia. The nurse discusses the nutritional aspect of palliative care with the family. Why is it important to explain these nutritional interventions to the family?

•             What are the benefits of palliative care? Select all that apply.

•             A nurse involves a dying client’s family members in the provision of palliative care to the client. Which action by the nurse in the provision of care needs correction?

•             A client in a debilitated state is admitted for palliative treatment of cancer of the liver. Which objective information collected by the nurse is most helpful for future monitoring of the client's condition?

•             A nurse is providing education to a community group about hospice. The nurse clarifies that the primary goal of hospice is help clients do what?

•             A spouse spends most of the day with a client who is receiving chemotherapy for inoperable cancer. The spouse asks the nurse, “What can I do to help?” How can the nurse support the client's spouse?