The client says to the nurse, Do you think I have cancer? Which of the following would be a therapeutic response for the nurse to reply to the client?
a. You should ask your doctor about that.
b. You are worried about cancer?
c. Of course not.
d. I can't answer that until after the tests are completed.
Question 2
An adult client is visibly upset and angry. She states that the nurse must have gotten her nursing license from a cereal box. The most therapeutic initial response for the nurse to make would be:
a. You seem upset.
b. I went to a very fine nursing school.
c. Why are you so upset?
d. Don't be angry.
Client on IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
CXR of lung cancer with right phrenic nerve paralysis
A nurse administers an intermittent bolus feeding.
Application of an ostomy bag or pouch: B, An ostomy nurse applying an ostomy bag to a stoma;
Home Health Nurse.
Using small, circular strokes, exfoliate the client’s neck and back.