To effectively plan care for a patient, the nurse will understand ...

[sabina]

To effectively plan care for a patient, the nurse will understand that activity and adjunct therapies may be more useful in some situations than verbal therapies because adjunct therapies:
 
  a. Are readily available in the treatment setting
  b. Do not require specific training or expertise to facilitate
  c. Provide the patient the opportunity to use ego-protective mechanisms
  d. Allow the patient to express feelings on multiple levels at the same time

Question 2

A patient is scheduled to attend an occupational therapy group to work on the identified goal of recognizing and using more effective coping techniques.
 
  What measure can the nurse use to continue to support the patient's attainment of this goal after he returns to the unit?
  a. Isolating him from more seriously ill patients
  b. Praising him for positive behavioral changes
  c. Avoiding setting limits that would increase his anxiety level
  d. Permitting him to make mistakes prior to intervening on his behalf

[swimkari]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
A patient is able to express feelings on the emotional, physical, and symbolic levels during activity therapy, whereas verbal therapies are limited to one dimension. The primary facilita-tor of the selected therapy is required to have formal education and supervised experience. Adjunct therapy does not provide this opportunity, which would be considered nontherapeu-tic. Treatment settings are not always readily available.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Recognizing and pointing out positive changes provides encouragement to continue pursuing change. The remaining option would not achieve the nurse's goal of supporting the patient's use of effective coping techniques.

[sabina]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[peter]

Gracias!