One of your assigned clients speaks about family members, ...

[dbose]

One of your assigned clients speaks about family members, indicating that the members are highly educated with advanced doctorate and medical degrees. The client states, I can never measure up to them. The nurse's BEST reply would be:
 
  a. You are just as smart as your family.
  b. Maybe you are just more sensitive than they are.
  c. What are some of the things that you have accomplished?
  d. What would someone have to do to measure up?

Question 2

Which nursing intervention has priority when assisting a patient who has been transported to the hospital admissions unit by police for wandering barefoot and naked on the street in freezing weather?
 
  a. Establishing trust in the one-to-one, nurse-patient relationship
  b. Performing a rapid multidisciplinary physical assessment
  c. Contacting family for permission to treat the patient
  d. Determining why the patient removed all clothing

[yeungji]

Answer to Question 1

D
The best reply by the nurse would be to ask, What would someone have to do to measure up? The nurse would be using the therapeutic communication technique of focusing. Focusing is when the nurse directs the conversation to focus on a topic of particular importance to the client. Here, the nurse asks questions about one theme that has emerged during the interaction with the client.

Answer to Question 2

B
When patients are severely confused and unable to care for themselves because of maladaptive coping, the multidisciplinary team will perform a rapid diagnostic evaluation, medicate to calm the patient as needed, and escort a patient to the inpatient unit. There, the goals will include stabilization with safety concerns at the forefront of the discharge planning (which starts with admission).

[dbose]

Correct answers!

[yeungji]

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