When working with a client with anorexia nervosa, which of the ...

[mckennatimberlake]

When working with a client with anorexia nervosa, which of the following nursing diagnoses is most difficult to resolve successfully?
 
  A) Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements
  B) Disturbed body image
  C) Deficient knowledge (nutritious eating patterns)
  D) Social isolation

Question 2

A nurse reports for work looking unkempt and disheveled. Her movements are uncoordinated and her breath smells like mouthwash. Another nurse suspects her of being intoxicated. What should the nurse do first?
 
  A) Call the supervisor to report the nurse's behavior.
  B) Confront the nurse about her behavior and relieve her of her responsibilities.
  C) Give the nurse some information about the hospital's employee assistance program.
  D) Ignore the situation until someone else validates the observations.

[frejo]

Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback: The client's dissatisfaction with body image is an enduring belief pattern that is firmly ingrained and therefore very difficult to change. Answers A, C, and D are nursing diagnoses that can be worked through, with education and support, more easily than a disturbed body image.

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback: Client safety is a priority; the impaired nurse should not be caring for clients. After client safety is ensured, the nurse should call the supervisor to handle the situation. It is not the nurse's responsibility to give out information on the hospital's employee assistance program. And it is not appropriate to ignore the situation.

[mckennatimberlake]

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[frejo]

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