A client is asking the nurse when recovery from an acute illness will occur. The best response by the nurse would be:
1. "Recovery is individual, and does not follow a timetable."
2. "You will recover in one week."
3. "This disease will probably develop into a chronic condition."
4. "You should have recovered by now."
Answer: 1
1. Recovery is individual, and depends on compliance of the client, severity of the illness, and the method of treatment.
2. Since recovery is always individual, the nurse does not give the client a time frame.
3. Telling the client that the disease could become chronic is not within nursing's scope of practice.
4. It is not wise to tell a client that recovery already should have occurred, because recovery is individual, and part of recovery includes the client's mental state.
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