Which of the following interventions best reflects the nurse’s attempt

Which of the following interventions best reflects the nurse’s attempt to honor the terminally ill client’s cultural values?

1. Interviewing both the client and the family to identify preferred end-of-life care
2. Talking openly and without biases about the client’s end-of-life care preferences
3. Providing the family with the opportunity to realize the client’s end-of-life wishes
4. Becoming familiar with the death rituals most common among the nurse’s client population

ANSWER

ANS: 3
Care provided at the end-of-life within the client and family’s cultural context draws on the re-sources of their entire lives. Honoring client and family cultural values characterizes expert end-of-life care. Actually facilitating the opportunity to have the client’s wishes fulfilled is the best reflection of expert end-of-life care. The other options are all facets of being successful at facilitating this care.