Author Question: You are caring for a female patient who is a long-term alcoholic. She screams, Get the bugs off of ... (Read 29 times)

tichca · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

You are caring for a female patient who is a long-term alcoholic. She screams, Get the bugs off of my skin. I feel them all over my body Get them off She is experiencing what type of hallucination?

A) Auditory
B) Visual
C) Taste
D) Tactile

Question 2

You are admitting an elderly patient who is undergoing testing to rule out or diagnose Alzheimer's dementia. During your interview, the patient informs you that You ask too many questions. Leave me alone. I don't want to be here anyway.

The best therapeutic nursing response to this patient is:
A) Oh, come on, now. You don't really feel that way.
B) That's the way hospitals are. We just ask questions all of the time
C) Your daughter will be upset with you if you don't answer these questions.
D) You sound upset. Would you like to rest a while? I'll come back in an hour.