A client tells the nurse that as long as he is alive, he is going to hope that his chronic illness will improve. The nurse recognizes that this client is demonstrating which of the following qualities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Future-oriented goals
2. Despair
3. Determining strategies
4. Helplessness
5. Being in control
6. Confusion
1, 3, 5
Hope is the ability to cherish a desire with an expectation of fulfillment. Hope is future-oriented and allows the person to set goals, devise strategies to achieve those goals, and have a sense of being in control. Despair, helplessness, and confusion are not qualities of hope.
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