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TFauchery · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

After having refused lunch and dinner because her regular chair was occupied at breakfast, the resident in a long-term care facility asks for a snack. How should the nurse respond?

a. You are hungry now. Is there something else you could have done earlier besides refusing to eat?
b. Here is your snack. Maybe you won't be so quick to refuse meals the next time you don't get your way.
c. Refusing meals is not the answer. You must eat.
d. Tell me why you left the dining room without eating.

Question 2

An older adult resident in a long-term care facility expresses multiple minor complaints at the nurse's station and wanders about aimlessly in the hallway. The nurse examines the patient's chart.

Which newly prescribed drug may explain his behavior?
a. Tylenol
b. Theophylline
c. Bisacodyl
d. Lisinopril

af · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
After acute anxiety passes, the nurse should focus on helping the resident recognize the behavior that was exhibited and how to deal more effectively with the anxiety. Scolding the patient, at-tempting to induce guilt, or causing the patient to dwell on the trigger do not redirect the patient to consider different behaviors.

Answer to Question 2

B
The drug theophylline may make patients feel anxious and restless. Tylenol, bisacodyl, and lisi-nopril do not typically have this effect.