ElNEC Quizzes Module 6 WGU C475 2022 with COMPLETE SOLUTION
You are caring for a veteran who served in World War II and is now near the end of life. He has
shared with you how important his service in the Navy was to him. Which of the following
interventions would be most appropriate for you to do to honor his service? Correct Answer:
Find out if he would like you to see if the local veterans group could visit him.
You are caring for a 12-year-old child who is imminently dying from leukemia. The child is
unconscious and has been for days. The child's mother tells you that she hopes her daughter
would open her eyes one last time before dying. Knowing that this is unlikely, what is your best
response? Correct Answer: "If that is not possible, what else might you hope for?
You are caring for a man who is near the end of life. During morning care, the man asks you if
he is dying. Your best response would be: Correct Answer: "That is a very serious question.
What is it that makes you ask that today?"
Your patient, who has end-stage renal disease, has been asked by the doctor covering the hospital
if he would like to have "everything done," including CPR. The patient asks you if CPR is a
good thing to do. Your best response is: Correct Answer: "What do you know about CPR? Have
you ever heard about it before?"
You are caring for Ms. F who is dying from lung cancer. She is no longer taking in food or fluids
and the family asks you why the team doesn't feed her with a tube? They state, "It seems like you
are all trying to starve her to death." You respond: Correct Answer: "Ms. F's body can no longer
handle food or fluids; it would cause her more harm than good to feed her with a tube."
The family of a patient who is dying asks you why the nurses always come in and look under the
sheets at his legs when they are checking his blood pressure. You explain: Correct Answer:
"They are assessing for signs that death may be near."
You are caring for an 85-year-old man who is dying. He has been comatose for several days. His
respirations are now shallow and rattling. His adult children at the bedside state, "We don't want
our father to suffocate." Which action should you take? Correct Answer: Reassure the family
that terminal secretions are normal and try repositioning the patient.
Your patient, Mr. W, has been unresponsive for the past day and is actively dying. His family is
with him. He had appeared comfortable but has been showing some signs of restlessness and
agitation over the past hour. What should you do? Correct Answer: Assess for evidence of pain,
constipation, urinary retention, or other possible physical cause.
Question 9 : Mr. T is nearing end of life and tells you that he has seen his deceased father
coming to visit him in his room. What is your best action? Correct Answer: Find out from Mr. T
how it feels to have his father visiting, is it frightening him?
Mr. J is in the final hours of life. He is dying from his end-stage chronic lung disease. His
breathing pattern has changed and is very irregular and he is even going 10-15 seconds without a
You are caring for a veteran who served in World War II and is now near the end of life. He has
shared with you how important his service in the Navy was to him. Which of the following
interventions would be most appropriate for you to do to honor his service? Correct Answer:
Find out if he would like you to see if the local veterans group could visit him.
You are caring for a 12-year-old child who is imminently dying from leukemia. The child is
unconscious and has been for days. The child's mother tells you that she hopes her daughter
would open her eyes one last time before dying. Knowing that this is unlikely, what is your best
response? Correct Answer: "If that is not possible, what else might you hope for?
You are caring for a man who is near the end of life. During morning care, the man asks you if
he is dying. Your best response would be: Correct Answer: "That is a very serious question.
What is it that makes you ask that today?"
Your patient, who has end-stage renal disease, has been asked by the doctor covering the hospital
if he would like to have "everything done," including CPR. The patient asks you if CPR is a
good thing to do. Your best response is: Correct Answer: "What do you know about CPR? Have
you ever heard about it before?"
You are caring for Ms. F who is dying from lung cancer. She is no longer taking in food or fluids
and the family asks you why the team doesn't feed her with a tube? They state, "It seems like you
are all trying to starve her to death." You respond: Correct Answer: "Ms. F's body can no longer
handle food or fluids; it would cause her more harm than good to feed her with a tube."
The family of a patient who is dying asks you why the nurses always come in and look under the
sheets at his legs when they are checking his blood pressure. You explain: Correct Answer:
"They are assessing for signs that death may be near."
You are caring for an 85-year-old man who is dying. He has been comatose for several days. His
respirations are now shallow and rattling. His adult children at the bedside state, "We don't want
our father to suffocate." Which action should you take? Correct Answer: Reassure the family
that terminal secretions are normal and try repositioning the patient.
Your patient, Mr. W, has been unresponsive for the past day and is actively dying. His family is
with him. He had appeared comfortable but has been showing some signs of restlessness and
agitation over the past hour. What should you do? Correct Answer: Assess for evidence of pain,
constipation, urinary retention, or other possible physical cause.
Question 9 : Mr. T is nearing end of life and tells you that he has seen his deceased father
coming to visit him in his room. What is your best action? Correct Answer: Find out from Mr. T
how it feels to have his father visiting, is it frightening him?
Mr. J is in the final hours of life. He is dying from his end-stage chronic lung disease. His
breathing pattern has changed and is very irregular and he is even going 10-15 seconds without a
