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a nurse is caring for a patient in hospice care. which changes to the sensory system indicate the patient is approaching death?

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Answer:

Taste and smell

Step-by-step explanation:

Patients approaching death will developed a decreased acuity to taste and smell. Although hearing is the last sense to disappear, patients approaching death will experience a marked decrease in hearing acuity.

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