An older patient is telling the nurse about life stresses, ...

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An older patient is telling the nurse about life stresses, including a chronically ill spouse and problems with grandchildren. What is the most appropriate information for the nurse to provide to the patient?
 
  A) Pharmacological options
  B) Ways to prevent chronic stress
  C) The benefits of natural remedies
  D) The name and phone number of a geriatric therapist

Question 2

You are the emergency department (ED) nurse caring for a 9-year-old who was in a motor vehicle accident.
 
  The mother arrives at the ED, and you explain that the child is in pain from a broken arm, which will need surgical intervention to set the bones. You ask the mother to comfort the child. What type of pain are you dealing with in this patient?
  A) Chronic
  B) Acute
  C) Intermittent
  D) Phantom

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Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback:
It is most appropriate to discuss ways to prevent chronic stress, although the patient has ongoing stressors. The patient needs to identify those periods of stress; manage them with healthy responses, relaxation, and so on; and then allow some recovery periods. These actions should come before using pharmacological interventions, natural remedies, or scheduling an appointment with a geriatric therapist.

Answer to Question 2

B