A client who has experienced an initial transient ischemic attack (TIA) states: "I'm glad it wasn't anything serious." Which is the best nursing response to this statement?
A) "I sense that you are happy it was not a stroke."
B) "People who experience a TIA will develop a stroke."
C) "TIA symptoms are short lived and resolve within 24 hours."
D) "TIA is a warning sign. Let's talk about lowering your risks."
D
Feedback:
TIA is a warning sign and can be used to empower clients to make life changes to lower the risks. Sensing the client is happy is a psychotherapeutic response but does not lead to teaching and learning for health promotion. TIAs can lead to a stroke for approximately one third of the clients but is not a definitive result and presents as a frightening statement without empowering change. TIA symptoms are short lived, but this is a factual statement that does not provide additional information to the client.
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