Answer to Question 1
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Explaining is helpful, but does not provide the clients with a sense of independence and control in the situation.
Rationale 2: Active participation enhances a client's sense of independence and control. In this situation, the baby and parents will do best with future bathing times if they are allowed to complete the bath themselves. Watching a video is helpful, but does not provide the clients with a sense of independence and control in the situation.
Rationale 3: Active participation enhances a client's sense of independence and control. In this situation, the baby and parents will do best with future bathing times if they are allowed to complete the bath themselves.
Rationale 4: Giving advice or suggestions is helpful, but does not provide the clients with a sense of independence and control in the situation.
Answer to Question 2
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Cognitive skills are intellectual skills and include problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, and creativity.
Rationale 2: Interpersonal skills are all of the activities, verbal and nonverbal, people use when interacting directly with one another. The effectiveness of a nursing action often depends largely on the nurse's ability to communicate with others. Interpersonal skills are necessary for all nursing activities, including comforting, counseling, and supportingall of which are extremely important in the acute psychiatric setting.
Rationale 3: Technical skills are hands-on skills such as manipulating equipment, giving injections, bandaging, and repositioning clients.
Rationale 4: All nursing skills should be therapeutic.