The situation in which the nurse's primary role can be assessed as advocacy is
a. treating the self-inflicted injuries of psychiatric clients.
b. providing preventive counseling regarding violence.
c. providing care to the family of a suicide victim.
d. participating in consumer mental health groups to destigmatize mental illness.
Question 2
A client, brought to the emergency department after attempting suicide by taking an overdose of
acetaminophen (Tylenol), has been lavaged. She appears tense, withdrawn, and frightened. The
nurse tells her I am Mr. G, a unit nurse.
You seem to be tense and I'm wondering if you are feeling
frightened. I'd like to sit here with you for a while.. The behavior indicating that the nurse has
entered into a therapeutic rather than social encounter with the client is:
a. The statement of I'd like to sit here with you . . .. is offering friendship.
b. The statement of I'd like to sit here with you . . .. is meeting the need for a time
of quiet reflection.
c. The statement of You seem tense and I'm wondering if you are feeling
frightened seeks to identify emotional needs.
d. The statement of You seem tense and I'm wondering if you are feeling
frightened is interpreting her behavior.
The nurse needs to inform the patient with impaired vision when a touch is to occur and ask permissi
Testing Visual Fields by Confrontation: The nurse and patient should be approximately at an eye to e
A nurse shows empathy to a client.
Horizontal, sagittal, and coronal functional MRIs show areas of increased activity in the primary ...
Primary causes of chronic liver disease in the United States.
Primary Glands of the Endocrine System