Author Question: A client with depression sits with his head down and avoids talking with peers at breakfast. The ... (Read 18 times)

Awilson837 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A client with depression sits with his head down and avoids talking with peers at breakfast. The nurse's priority intervention would be sitting with the client and:

A) Asking a closed-ended question such as, How are your eggs?
B) Encouraging a peer to sit with both the nurse and the client.
C) Telling him if he doesn't get involved he will become more depressed.
D) Asking an open-ended question about the client's feelings.

Question 2

The client with depression states, Go away. Leave me alone. I don't want to talk to you or anyone else.. The priority nursing intervention for communication would be to:

A) Wait until the client wants to talk.
B) Make frequent and brief contacts.
C) Get another nurse to talk to the client.
D) Have group therapy in the client's room.