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Shortly after the parents announced that they were divorcing, a 15-year-old stopped participating in cheerleading, sat alone at lunch, and avoided former friends. The adolescent told the school nurse, All the other kids have families.
 
  If my parents loved me, they would work out their problems.. Which nursing intervention would be most appropriate? a. Develop a plan for activities of daily living.
  b. Communicate disbelief relative to the patient's feelings.
  c. Assist the patient to distinguish reality from perceptions.
  d. Assess and document the patient's level of fatigue daily.

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Caregivers who work with Alzheimer's clients should first perform an analysis of each client's abilities to perform the activities of daily living. This is called a(n) ____ assessment.
 
  1. activities
  2. functional
  3. sociocultural
  4. communications


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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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The patient's perception that all the other kids are from two-parent households and that she is different is not based on reality. Helping the adolescent to test the accuracy of his/her perceptions will be helpful.

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A functional assessment is an analysis of each client's abilities to perform the activities of daily living.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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