The nurse is attempting to minimize the group's display of ...

[tatyanajohnson]

The nurse is attempting to minimize the group's display of resistance during a therapy session. Which patients are at risk for displaying such behavior? Select all that apply
 
  a. The patient who is cognitively impaired
  b. The patient who is older and well educated
  c. The patient who is aggressive and attention seeking
  d. The patient who has attended similar therapy groups in the past
  e. The patient who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia

Question 2

The patient asks the nurse, I've heard the student nurses talk about the nursing process. Why is there so much emphasis on using the nursing process? The response that explains the need for nurses to understand and use the nursing process is:
 
  a. Do you think you have a better method we might use?
  b. The nursing process is a systematic problem-solving method encompassing all components necessary to care for patients.
  c. Using the nursing process is a way of legitimizing our profession and placing us on an equal footing with the pure sciences.
  d. The nursing process is a unidimensional, static, linear approach used to guide nurses as they make clinical judgments.

[ciecieme]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, D, E
A patient who redirects the focus away from himself or herself by changing the subject is engaging in resistance behavior. Patients divert the topic for one or more of several reasons: a fear of being judged; avoiding the repetition of material that has been previously discussed; or the inability to stay cognitively focused. The attention-seeking patient may attempt to monopolize the discussion but not necessarily be at risk for resisting the topic. Age and edu-cation are not risk factors.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
This response best explains the importance of the nursing process by description and rela-tionship to patient care. Suggesting that the patient may have a better method is challenging and does not address the question posed by the patient. Providing legitimacy to the profes-sion is a very limited explanation for use of the nursing process. The nursing process is not one-dimensional, static, or linear.

[tatyanajohnson]

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[ciecieme]

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