The nurse, caring for a comatose Muslim client who is dying, realizes

The nurse, caring for a comatose Muslim client who is dying, realizes that from a cultural stand-point, the most therapeutic intervention is to:

1. Facilitate the client’s peaceful, pain-controlled death
2. Become familiar with Muslim death and dying traditions
3. Approach the family to identify and discuss any needs that exist
4. Arrange for a private room so the family can grieve traditionally

ANSWER

ANS: 3
Be aware of religious and cultural preferences when helping clients and families prepare for death. Facilitating the client’s peaceful, pain-controlled death is an appropriate intervention; it is not necessarily culturally oriented because nursing strives to facilitate a peaceful, pain-free death for all clients. Becoming familiar with cultural tradition is therapeutic and would have priority if the family were not present to be questioned directly regarding their needs. Arranging for a pri-vate room may be a therapeutic intervention because most cultures would prefer some degree of privacy when attending to the death of a loved one, but since the family is present the priority intervention is the one that identifies their needs.