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jho37

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An older adult is grieving the loss of a loved one. Which approach is most therapeutic for the nurse to apply when caring for this patient?
 
  a. Assess past coping skills, the presence of support systems, and evidence of prolonged grieving.
  b. Provide anticipatory guidance to the patient, explaining that prolonged grieving is not a normal part of loss regardless of the patient's age.
  c. Plan activities for the patient that include increasing socialization with others who have experienced similar losses until mourning is over.
  d. Intervene only when it becomes obvious that the patient's period of mourning has the potential to affect the patient negatively both physically and emotionally.

Question 2

A nurse is with an adolescent client who tells the nurse that she has nothing to live for and she just wishes she was dead. Which nursing action should take priority?
 
  A) Going to the client's psychiatrist to tell him of the girl's suicidal ideation
  B) Staying with the client and exploring more of her thoughts about suicide
  C) Putting the client in seclusion with a staff assigned to watch her at all times
  D) Ascertaining the client's beliefs about what happens when you die



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Answer to Question 1

A
Depression, grief, and loss are common in later life. Assessment of the patient's reaction to the loss and the ability to grieve appropriately is the most therapeutic initial nursing intervention. If mourning and grief are prolonged, they should be treated as depression.

Answer to Question 2

B



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