Author Question: The nurse is visiting an elderly client who lives with his daughter and her family. Which suggestion ... (Read 80 times)

SGallaher96 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse is visiting an elderly client who lives with his daughter and her family. Which suggestion by the nurse would help promote a healthy self-concept in the client?

a. Encourage the daughter to do everything for her father so he can conserve his strength.
b. Suggest the daughter ask her father to dispose of his personal belongings so he can determine who will have them.
c. Discourage his grandchildren from touching his delicate aging skin.
d. Encourage the family to give the client his own chores and responsibilities.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for an elderly woman who is confined to bed after hip surgery. Which action by the nurse is most likely to enhance the client's self-esteem?

a. Performing passive range-of-motion exercises
b. Feeding her
c. Washing and arranging her hair
d. Making her bed