Before using therapeutic touch or healing touch with a client, the nurse is going to center. Centering can best be defined as:
a. finding the center of the client's energy field.
b. using the hands to determine the nature of the client's energy field.
c. bringing body, mind, and emotions to a quiet, focused state of consciousness.
d. directing the flow of energy to a specific area.
Question 2
While planning care, the nurse realizes that the client with which condition is most likely to benefit from therapeutic massage?
a. Musculoskeletal stiffness
b. Aneurysm
c. Varicose veins
d. Heart disease
The nurse needs to inform the patient with impaired vision when a touch is to occur and ask permissi
The nurse cares for the postop client in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).
Client receiving hemodialysis.
Off-Center Disk
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