End-of-Life Care
Question
A hospice client’s partner asks what help the hospice team can provide. The practical nurse reinforces the teaching already given. Complete the statement.
The hospice team can help with relief of distressing symptoms and can also support the client’s family.
- Blank 1 choices: relief of distressing symptoms / eliminating every need for care / ending all communication
- Blank 2 choices: the client’s family / only the prescribing clinician / no one besides the client
Answer
Blank 1: relief of distressing symptoms · Blank 2: the client’s family
Rationale
Hospice care addresses distressing symptoms and also offers support to loved ones. Its aim includes comfort while preserving alertness when possible.
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