You are the nurse on-call and receive a call from a continuous care nurse who states that her patient has started to have "rattling" secretions and the patient's wife is very concerned. You know from report that this patient is actively dying. What would be the most appropriate response?

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You are the nurse on-call and receive a call from a continuous care nurse who states that her patient has started to have "rattling" secretions and the patient's wife is very concerned. You know from report that this patient is actively dying. What would be the most appropriate response?





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