Author Question: When caring for clients who have experienced paralysis due to acute spinal cord injury, the nurse ... (Read 28 times)

geodog55 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

When caring for clients who have experienced paralysis due to acute spinal cord injury, the nurse remembers the following guidelines that might help those who are grieving: Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Talking will help the mourner heal.
2. Grief can bring mixed emotions.
3. Grieving takes a great deal of energy.
4. Grief is a process.
5. Powerful surges of grief are dysfunctional.

Question 2

The nurse is considering delegating a task to an unlicensed assistive personnel. In deciding whether the task can be delegated, the nurse would choose to do the task if which of the following was determined?

1. The unlicensed assistive personnel is qualified to perform the task.
2. A reasonable and prudent nurse would delegate the task.
3. The act is specified in the state's nurse practice act as an LPN/LVN function.
4. The agency policy specifies that the task may be delegated.

Chelseyj.hasty · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1,2,3,4
Rationale: Talking with supportive others will help with the resolution of the grieving process.

Answer to Question 2

3
Rationale: If the state's nurse practice act indicates the task should be considered an LPN/LVN function, the task cannot be delegated to an unlicensed person. The remaining answer options are indications the task could be delegated.