A nurse is caring for a client with quadriplegia who is fully ...

[appyboo]

A nurse is caring for a client with quadriplegia who is fully conscious and able to communicate. What skills of the nurse would be the most important for this client?
 
  A) Comforting
  B) Assessment
  C) Counseling
  D) Caring

Question 2

While providing care to the diabetic patient the nurse determines that the patient has a knowledge deficit regarding insulin administration. This nursing action is described in which phase of the nursing process?
 
  A) evaluation
  B) implementation
  C) planning
  D) nursing diagnosis

[katara]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
The client needs assistance in performing activities of daily life. This would require implementation of caring skills from the nurse. Comforting, counseling, and assessment skills are also required, but the priority is the caring skill. Comforting skills involve providing safety and security to the client, whereas counseling skills are implemented while providing health education and emotional support. Assessment skills would be required when collecting data from the client.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Nursing focuses on human responses to actual or potential health problems. Identifying the problems occur in the nursing diagnosis phase. Mutually establishing expected outcomes with the patient occurs in the planning phase. Implementation of the individualized interventions, and evaluation of outcomes are also phases in the nursing process.