RN Exam Practice
Management of CareQuestion 291 of 2368

A family asks why the nurse has stopped taking routine vital signs for a client who is within hours of death. Which response is best?

  1. "The monitoring equipment is not working properly right now."
  2. "The client has recovered enough that monitoring is no longer needed."
  3. "They no longer help the client and often cause distress or discomfort."
  4. "The provider decides when they are needed again, so please ask."
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Correct answer: "They no longer help the client and often cause distress or discomfort."

In the imminent phase, vital signs, lab draws, and other invasive procedures are usually stopped because they provide no benefit and cause distress.

Source: Nursing Fundamentals, 2nd edition (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2024), Grief and Loss: Imminent. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Practice the topic "Management of Care"

Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026