This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: A client with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is becoming increasingly debilitated. Recently, he told ... (Read 79 times)

lak

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 546
A client with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is becoming increasingly debilitated. Recently, he told
  the nurse It bothers me that I cannot get to church anymore. Since I have not been able to get to
  services, I feel out of touch with God.
 
  I pray but I wonder if my prayers are heard.. The nurse should
  consider the nursing diagnosis of
  a. powerlessness.
  b. death anxiety.
  c. spiritual distress.
  d. disturbed thought processes.

Question 2

A client's fianc died in an auto accident several days ago. She finds herself crying and experiencing
  feelings of guilt and anger. The nurse can assess this behavior as characteristic of the stage of acute
  grief called
 
  a. reorganization.
  b. denial.
  c. developing awareness.
  d. preoccupation with the lost object.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

Madisongo23

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 325
Answer to Question 1

C
The client is verbalizing his concern about his relationship with God and his inability to participate
in religious services. Both are defining characteristics for the nursing diagnosis of spiritual distress.
Data are not present to suggest the other nursing diagnoses.

Answer to Question 2

C
As denial fades, awareness of the finality of loss develops and is accompanied by painful feelings of
loss, anger with others, and guilt for taking or not taking specific actions. Reorganization implies
movement toward healing. Denial is manifested by the inability to believe the reality of an event.
Preoccupation with the lost object would involve the client dwelling on thoughts of the deceased.




lak

  • Member
  • Posts: 546
Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Excellent


cici

  • Member
  • Posts: 325
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

Did you know?

Drugs are in development that may cure asthma and hay fever once and for all. They target leukotrienes, which are known to cause tightening of the air passages in the lungs and increase mucus productions in nasal passages.

Did you know?

Since 1988, the CDC has reported a 99% reduction in bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, due to the introduction of the vaccine against it.

Did you know?

In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.

Did you know?

Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.

Did you know?

Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library