Author Question: Assessment of a patient indicates complicated grief. Which statements would the nurse identify as ... (Read 22 times)

savannahhooper · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Assessment of a patient indicates complicated grief. Which statements would the nurse identify as supporting this reaction? Select all that apply.

A) It's been 2 months, and I still want my son back.
B) I still wait for him to come right through the door every day.
C) I'm really struggling with trusting anybody anymore.
D) I wish I could go back to the days before he died.
E) Life seems so empty now that he's gone. What will I do?

Question 2

A nurse is using motivational therapy with a female client with alcoholism. The client, who is unwilling to consider changing her drinking behavior, emphatically states, I am not an alcoholic; you can't make me stop drinking.

Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?
A) You have to stop drinking and driving; you could kill someone.
B) You're right; you're not an alcoholic.
C) You should consider what you are doing to your marital relationship.
D) You're the only one who can make yourself stop drinking.