A client recovering from a stroke does not want to perform prescribed shoulder exercises. What should the nurse say to the client that demonstrates critical thinking with creativity?
1. "You'll only get worse if you don't do these exercises."
2. "As soon as you get these into your routine, you'll feel better."
3. "Your physician wouldn't have ordered these if they weren't important."
4. "Here's a marker. See how many circles you can make on this board in 10 minutes."
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Explaining the rationale for doing or not doing the exercises is not using creativity. It is merely explaining the reason.
Rationale 2: This shows no creativity and merely dismisses the client's concerns and feelings.
Rationale 3: This shows no creativity and merely dismisses the client's feelings.
Rationale 4: Making the exercise routine into something more fun—such as a game, drawing a picture, or even "decorating the walls," for example—would raise a challenge to the client, take the focus off the "why," and still achieve the end result.
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