(Answered)BEHS 380 End of Life 2025 Questions &
Verified Correct Answers. Graded A+.
While taking routine vital signs on a palliative care unit, a client suddenly begins to
weep, telling the nurse that "I know my cancer is punishment for the things I did when I
was younger". The nurse would best support the client by:
While caring for his dying wife, the husband states that his wife is a devout Roman
Catholic but he is a Baptist. Who is considered the most reliable source for spiritual
preferences concerning EOL care for the dying wife?
Which patient should the nurse refer for hospice care?
Which nursing actions for the care of a dying patient can the nurse delegate to a
licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) (select all that apply)?
Which care setting is most appropriate to initially transition an 88-year-old hospitalized
stroke patient with a stage III sacral pressure ulcer requiring physical and occupational
therapy?
Which action is best for the nurse to take to ensure culturally competent care for an
alert, terminally ill Filipino patient?
The spouse of a patient with terminal cancer visits daily and cheerfully talks with the
patient about wedding anniversary plans for the next year. When the nurse asks about
any concerns, the spouse says, "I'm busy at work, but otherwise things are fine." Which
nursing diagnosis is most appropriate?
The son of a dying patient tells the nurse, "Mother doesn't really respond any more
when I visit. I don't think she knows that I am here." Which response by the nurse is
appropriate?
The primary purpose of hospice is to
The nurse cares for an adolescent patient who is dying. The patient's parents are
interested in organ donation and ask the nurse how the decision about brain death is
made. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?
The nurse cares for a terminally ill patient who is experiencing pain that is continuous
and severe. How should the nurse schedule the administration of opioid pain
medications?
The nurse cares for a terminally ill patient who has 20-second periods of apnea followed
by periods of deep and rapid breathing. Which action by the nurse would be most
appropriate?
The nurse cares for a patient with lung cancer in a home hospice program. Which action
by the nurse is most appropriate?
The nurse admits a terminally ill patient to the hospital. What is the first action that the
nurse should complete when planning this patient's care?
The husband and daughter of a Hispanic woman dying from pancreatic cancer refuse to
consider using hospice care. What is the first thing the nurse should do?
The home health nurse visits a 40-year-old patient with metastatic breast cancer who is
receiving palliative care. The patient is experiencing pain at a level of 7 (on a 10-point
scale). In prioritizing activities for the visit, the nurse would do which first?
The family attorney informed a patient's adult children and wife that the patient did not
have an advance directive after she suffered a serious stroke. Who is responsible for
making the decision about EOL measures when the patient cannot communicate his or
her specific wishes?
, (Answered)BEHS 380 End of Life 2025 Questions &
Verified Correct Answers. Graded A+.
The dying patient and family have many interrelated psychosocial and physical care
needs. Which ones can the nurse begin to manage with the patient and family (select all
that apply)?
The children caregivers of an elderly patient whose death is imminent have not left the
bedside for the past 36 hours. In the nurse's assessment of the family, what findings
indicate the potential for an abnormal grief reaction to occur (select all that apply)?
In most states, directives to physicians, durable power of attorney for health care, and
medical power of attorney are included in which legal documents?
In discussing end of life care with a terminally ill patient, the nurse explains that in a
hospice program:
i. Offer support to the family during the patient's illness and their own bereavement. -
ANS-A, C, D, F, G, I
h. Assist the patient and family to identify and access pastoral care services.
g. Offer support to patients to live as actively as possible until death.
For the past 5 years Tom has repeatedly asked his mother to donate his deceased
father's belongings to charity, but his mother has refused. She sits in the bedroom
closet, crying and talking to her long-dead husband. What type of grief is Tom's mother
experiencing?
f. Support holistic patient care and enhance quality of life.
f. Feeling powerless and hopeless - ANSA, B, C, D, E, F
End-of-life palliative nursing care involves
e. Siblings who were estranged from each other have now reunited. - ANSA, C
e. provide care that the family is unwilling or unable to give. - ANSA, D
e. Prolong the patient's life with aggressive new therapies.
e. Anger toward the nurse
e. Administer the prescribed morphine sulfate sublingual as necessary for pain control. -
ANSA, B, E
d. Use any methods that make the patient more comfortable. - ANSD
d. This patient should be referred to a clergyman for a discussion of his beliefs. - ANSA
d. The new normal stage of the Grief Wheel - ANSB
d. Tell the patient that everything possible is being done to delay death. - ANSB
d. Teach family members about commonly occurring signs of approaching death.
d. Suggest analgesic doses that provide pain control without decreasing respiratory
rate. - ANSA
d. Remind the family that this should be the patient's decision and to ask her if she
regains consciousness. - ANSB
d. Remind family members that dying patients prefer to have someone at the bedside -
ANSA
d. Pruritus - ANSC
d. Providing privacy for the client's expression of grief - ANSB
d. provide comfort and support for dying patients and their families. - ANSD
d. Prolonged grief disorder - ANSD
d. Private insurance is accessed for most clients - ANSC
d. Physician and nursing staff - ANSC
d. Maintenance care - ANSB
Verified Correct Answers. Graded A+.
While taking routine vital signs on a palliative care unit, a client suddenly begins to
weep, telling the nurse that "I know my cancer is punishment for the things I did when I
was younger". The nurse would best support the client by:
While caring for his dying wife, the husband states that his wife is a devout Roman
Catholic but he is a Baptist. Who is considered the most reliable source for spiritual
preferences concerning EOL care for the dying wife?
Which patient should the nurse refer for hospice care?
Which nursing actions for the care of a dying patient can the nurse delegate to a
licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) (select all that apply)?
Which care setting is most appropriate to initially transition an 88-year-old hospitalized
stroke patient with a stage III sacral pressure ulcer requiring physical and occupational
therapy?
Which action is best for the nurse to take to ensure culturally competent care for an
alert, terminally ill Filipino patient?
The spouse of a patient with terminal cancer visits daily and cheerfully talks with the
patient about wedding anniversary plans for the next year. When the nurse asks about
any concerns, the spouse says, "I'm busy at work, but otherwise things are fine." Which
nursing diagnosis is most appropriate?
The son of a dying patient tells the nurse, "Mother doesn't really respond any more
when I visit. I don't think she knows that I am here." Which response by the nurse is
appropriate?
The primary purpose of hospice is to
The nurse cares for an adolescent patient who is dying. The patient's parents are
interested in organ donation and ask the nurse how the decision about brain death is
made. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?
The nurse cares for a terminally ill patient who is experiencing pain that is continuous
and severe. How should the nurse schedule the administration of opioid pain
medications?
The nurse cares for a terminally ill patient who has 20-second periods of apnea followed
by periods of deep and rapid breathing. Which action by the nurse would be most
appropriate?
The nurse cares for a patient with lung cancer in a home hospice program. Which action
by the nurse is most appropriate?
The nurse admits a terminally ill patient to the hospital. What is the first action that the
nurse should complete when planning this patient's care?
The husband and daughter of a Hispanic woman dying from pancreatic cancer refuse to
consider using hospice care. What is the first thing the nurse should do?
The home health nurse visits a 40-year-old patient with metastatic breast cancer who is
receiving palliative care. The patient is experiencing pain at a level of 7 (on a 10-point
scale). In prioritizing activities for the visit, the nurse would do which first?
The family attorney informed a patient's adult children and wife that the patient did not
have an advance directive after she suffered a serious stroke. Who is responsible for
making the decision about EOL measures when the patient cannot communicate his or
her specific wishes?
, (Answered)BEHS 380 End of Life 2025 Questions &
Verified Correct Answers. Graded A+.
The dying patient and family have many interrelated psychosocial and physical care
needs. Which ones can the nurse begin to manage with the patient and family (select all
that apply)?
The children caregivers of an elderly patient whose death is imminent have not left the
bedside for the past 36 hours. In the nurse's assessment of the family, what findings
indicate the potential for an abnormal grief reaction to occur (select all that apply)?
In most states, directives to physicians, durable power of attorney for health care, and
medical power of attorney are included in which legal documents?
In discussing end of life care with a terminally ill patient, the nurse explains that in a
hospice program:
i. Offer support to the family during the patient's illness and their own bereavement. -
ANS-A, C, D, F, G, I
h. Assist the patient and family to identify and access pastoral care services.
g. Offer support to patients to live as actively as possible until death.
For the past 5 years Tom has repeatedly asked his mother to donate his deceased
father's belongings to charity, but his mother has refused. She sits in the bedroom
closet, crying and talking to her long-dead husband. What type of grief is Tom's mother
experiencing?
f. Support holistic patient care and enhance quality of life.
f. Feeling powerless and hopeless - ANSA, B, C, D, E, F
End-of-life palliative nursing care involves
e. Siblings who were estranged from each other have now reunited. - ANSA, C
e. provide care that the family is unwilling or unable to give. - ANSA, D
e. Prolong the patient's life with aggressive new therapies.
e. Anger toward the nurse
e. Administer the prescribed morphine sulfate sublingual as necessary for pain control. -
ANSA, B, E
d. Use any methods that make the patient more comfortable. - ANSD
d. This patient should be referred to a clergyman for a discussion of his beliefs. - ANSA
d. The new normal stage of the Grief Wheel - ANSB
d. Tell the patient that everything possible is being done to delay death. - ANSB
d. Teach family members about commonly occurring signs of approaching death.
d. Suggest analgesic doses that provide pain control without decreasing respiratory
rate. - ANSA
d. Remind the family that this should be the patient's decision and to ask her if she
regains consciousness. - ANSB
d. Remind family members that dying patients prefer to have someone at the bedside -
ANSA
d. Pruritus - ANSC
d. Providing privacy for the client's expression of grief - ANSB
d. provide comfort and support for dying patients and their families. - ANSD
d. Prolonged grief disorder - ANSD
d. Private insurance is accessed for most clients - ANSC
d. Physician and nursing staff - ANSC
d. Maintenance care - ANSB
