When the meal tray for a client arrives, the spouse begins to open the items, provide the client with utensils, and helps the client with items to eat. The nurse should do which of the following to support a rapport with the client and spouse?
a. Ask the spouse to take a break and get something to eat.
b. Send in a nursing assistant to help the client with the meal.
c. Ask the spouse and the client if they need anything and then leave them alone.
d. Stay in the room while the spouse is helping the client eat to ensure the client is eating and not the spouse.
Question 2
The nurse stops in to see a client who just received the diagnosis of cancer. This nurse is demonstrating:
a. empathy. c. acceptance.
b. sympathy. d. presence.
Meal Time
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