A client's husband expresses concern that his dying wife keeps saying, "I have to go to the store." Which statement by the nurse will be most effective in assisting the husband to understand the dying process?

The statement by the nurse that would be most effective in assisting the husband to understand the dying process is comments related to going somewhere or leaving on a trip are common in dying clients. This is because reduced level of consciousness and mental alterations are frequent in the dying process, and the clients are likely to talk about travel, or going to somewhere they have been to in the past.

                                                        water

a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

                                                        halon  

any of a number of unreactive gaseous compounds of carbon with bromine and other halogens, used in fire extinguishers, but now known to damage the ozone layer.

                                                  dry chemical

extinguishing agent used on class a, class b, and class c fires.

                                                  carbon dioxide

a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. it is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.