A registered nurse in a rehabilitative unit is working with a veteran with chronic back pain that was caused as a result of an injury received while in military service in Iraq
The nurse's goal is to assist the veteran to learn self-management skills to help promote health. Which statement by the nurse will best support this goal? a. "Do you have plans to return to active duty?"
b. "You need to take your pain medication as prescribed."
c. "Perhaps you need to consider going to a different health care provider."
d. "Why don't you keep a log of what causes the pain to become worse?"
D
Self-management involves learning about responses to illnesses through daily life experiences and as a result of trial and error. Plans to return to active duty and going to a different health care provider do not focus on responses to the illness (chronic back pain). Just focusing on taking pain medication does not focus on the goal of self-management skills.
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