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Progressive Care Nursing PCCN Exam Prep

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Supporting families of dying patients before death includes:
  1. encouraging family members to stay with the patient as long as they wish
  2. sending card or condolence note
  3. staying with the family quietly allowing them to talk and cry
  4. using the patient's name when talking to the family
Explanation
Answer- C - Supporting families of dying patients before death includes staying with the family quietly allowing them to talk and cry. The nurse should stay and sit with the patient's family and allowing them to talk, cry, to share their grief. Nurse should avoid judgmental to the family's reactions Show caring by touching the patient and encouraging family to do the same.
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