Answer to Question 1
ANS: C
Empathy is the ability to understand and appreciate what someone else is feeling without actually experiencing the emotion itself. This permits the nurse to remain objective. Feeling sorry for the patient's situation suggests sympathy rather than empathy. Understanding the patient's thoughts but being unaware of his or her feelings and emotions speaks of a nurse who lacks awareness of others' emotions. Attempts to remove physical and emotional pain and fix all of the patient's problems suggests overinvolvement.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: D
The reason for the patient's crying cannot be determined on the basis of the data supplied. The patient could be sad, happy, or in pain. The situation needs clarification.
Measuring Patient Height
The surgical nurse assists the client into the correct position
In the Tai Forest a female chimp demonstrates a skill once thought to be unique to humans. Here she
An ultrasound being performed on a patient.
Algorithm for assessing a patient at risk for self-directed violence.
After multiple injections of a local anesthetic, the patient developed herpetic lesions.