A client with schizophrenia is being quiet and isolative. The nurse tries to engage the client as an intervention to promote appropriate social interaction.
The nurse sits by the client for a few minutes and then asks the client, What's the matter, cat got your tongue? In this situation, the stereotypical comment is: A) Not therapeutic. B) Sexually suggestive.
C) Therapeutic. D) Intellectually stimulating.
Question 2
Nurses are aware that people who abuse alcohol and drugs
A) Are of low-socioeconomic groups
B) Use only the drug of their choice
C) Use more than one drug and are often also alcoholic
D) Are all alcoholics before they begin using other drugs
Client on IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Use a step stool to help an infirm client get on and off the table.
Wrap the client securely with sheets. (A) Lay one side of the sheet over the body. (B) Enclose the ...
Client positioned and draped
A patient is talking to the nurse about her husband’s abuse and attempt to strangle her. She ...