The Nurse Provides Care to a Terminally Ill Patient

The nurse provides care to a terminally ill patient.The patient's family asks the nurse what should be expected during the dying process.Which response by the nurse is accurate and appropriate?

A) "Everybody is different, so it is difficult to say."
B) "Your loved one's heart will stop, and then breathing stops a few minutes later."
C) "Respirations and heart rate first become very irregular and then stop altogether."
D) "Breathing will stop, and then the heart will cease beating within a few minutes."