Author Question: While working with clients who are experiencing a significant degree of stress, the nurse knows that ... (Read 45 times)

lbcchick · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

While working with clients who are experiencing a significant degree of stress, the nurse knows that which one of the following is a priority assessment area?

a. The client's primary physical needs
b. What else is happening in the client's life
c. How the stress has influenced the client's activities of daily living
d. Whether the client is thinking about harming himself or others

Question 2

Readiness for enhanced coping related to successful cancer treatment is an example of which type of nursing diagnosis?

a. A risk nursing diagnosis
b. A wellness nursing diagnosis
c. A health promotion nursing diagnosis
d. An incorrectly worded nursing diagnosis, according to NANDA

EAN94 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
A priority assessment is to determine if the client is suicidal or homicidal by asking directly.
The priority assessment area for the client who is experiencing a significant degree of stress is not the client's physical needs. The nurse should first determine if the client is a danger to himself or others.
After determining if the client is suicidal or homicidal, the nurse can begin the problem-solving process and assess what else is happening in the client's life.
The nurse should first determine if the client is a danger to himself or others. Then the nurse can examine the degree of disruption in the client's life, such as in activities of daily living.

Answer to Question 2

B

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A Readiness for enhanced coping related to successful cancer treatment is not an example of a risk nursing diagnosis.
B Readiness for enhanced coping related to successful cancer treatment is an example of a wellness nursing diagnosis.
C Readiness for enhanced coping related to successful cancer treatment is not an example of a health promotion nursing diagnosis.
D Readiness for enhanced coping related to successful cancer treatment is not a correctly worded nursing diagnosis, according to NANDA International.