When preparing the plan of care for a forensic client, a nurse determines not to investigate the details of the crime. Which of the following best supports the rationale for the nurse's decision?
A) Knowing the crime details would be extremely frightening for the nurse.
B) Denying the crime details will help to protect the nurse from undue anxiety.
C) It will keep the nurse's attitudes about the crime from influencing care.
D) It will help maintain proper professional boundaries between the nurse and the client.
Question 2
The school nurse is caring for a 7-year-old child who has demonstrated a significantly lower-than-average score for mental age on standardized tests in reading. The child's IQ scores were not below average.
The nurse should instruct the parents that the child most likely has:
A) Turner's syndrome.
B) Klinefelter's syndrome.
C) Pervasive developmental disorder.
D) Dyslexia.
Nurse-patient interaction; nonveral communication
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Sea Star Body Plan