Nursing staff spend minimal time with a patient terminally ill ...

[rlane42]

Nursing staff spend minimal time with a patient terminally ill with AIDS. The patient confides in the nurse leader, I am having many confusing emotions. Sometimes I feel angry, sometimes afraid, sometimes abandoned..
 
  What is the most likely reason for the staff's avoidance of this patient? a. The need to use extra infection control precautions
  b. Disapproval of the patient's former high-risk lifestyle
  c. Feelings of inadequacy in dealing with complex emotional needs
  d. Wisdom that the patient needs time alone with significant others and for meditation

Question 2

The nurse is working with a health care team with that believes in the philosophy of reality therapy. The nurse is aware that the team's belief is centered around:
 
  a. Reorientation of the client to his or her environment
  b. Describing clients as irresponsible rather than mentally ill
  c. Looking at the client's past in determining how it has affected present behavior
  d. Accepting the client's perceptions of right and wrong behavior in the development of his treatment plan

[braelync]

Answer to Question 1

C
Many nurses tend to be more comfortable with meeting physical needs than in focusing on emotional needs. Standard precautions are necessary for all patients. The patient's lifestyle is irrelevant.

Answer to Question 2

B
Reality therapy focuses on responsibility and does not accept the premise of mental illness. Reality therapists look at the present and future and do not look to the past for excuses for behavior. Reality therapy also emphasizes the morality of behavior and does not allow the client's own interpretation of right and wrong.

[rlane42]

Excellent

[kswal303]

Great answer, keep it coming