A nurse working at a facility that has just introduced the use of clinical pathways must understand that clinical pathways:
a. do not require quality monitoring.
b. are more specific than clinical algorithms.
c. do not depend on an interdisciplinary approach.
d. are maps with timetables for patient care delivery.
Question 2
A client's teenaged son recently committed suicide. She discovered her son's body and subsequently received a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. A nurse is helping her work through the trauma.
Which nursing statement reflects the therapeutic technique of placing the event in time or sequence?
A) The day you discovered your son's body, you were arriving home from work. What happened then?
B) Tell me about finding your son's body.
C) I notice you seem uncomfortable discussing this.
D) What is it that you would like to see change during your stay here?
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
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