A severely depressed patient who has been on suicide precautions tells the nurse, I am feeling a lot better, so you can stop watching me. I have taken too much of your time already.. The best response for the nurse to make would be:
a. I wonder what this sudden change is all about. Care to elaborate?
b. I am glad you are feeling better. The team will consider what you have said..
c. You should not try to direct your plan for care. Leave that to the team..
d. Because we are concerned about your safety, we will continue with our plan..
Question 2
A suspicious, socially isolated patient lives alone, eats one meal a day at a local soup kitchen, and spends the remaining daily food allowance on cigarettes. Select a community psychiatric nurse's best initial action.
a. Explore ways to stop smoking with the patient.
b. Report the situation to the manager of the soup kitchen.
c. Assess the patient's weight; determine foods and amounts eaten.
d. Arrange hospitalization for the patient while a new treatment plan is formulated.
Patient receiving ultrasound treatment to the left elbow.
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Medical Gymnasts Assist Patient in Performing Movements, 1909.
Feeling the palms “plugging into each other.”