A 44-year-old patient is in the middle of a divorce and just lost his job. Which factors that might affect the patient's resilience will the nurse assess? Select all that apply
1. Job skills
2. Coping resources
3. Financial resources
4. Supportive relationships
5. Prior experience with successful resolution of loss
Answer: 2, 4, 5
Explanation: The individual's emotional expressiveness, prior mental health, coping resources, cultural conditioning, and quality of supportive relationships are important in determining an individual's behavior and resiliency. Although financial resources and job skills may help the patient resolve his current losses, they are not factors that reflect resiliency.
You might also like to view...
Which of the following goals did the nurse write correctly?
a. The nurse will give the client a back rub to relieve pain. b. The client will have less pain. c. The client will plan a day's meals for a 1000-mg sodium diet by Friday. d. The nurse will assist the client with bathing.
The daughter of an older adult woman who had a colostomy as a result of colon cancer tells the nurse, "Mom seems to be so withdrawn; she has stopped going out with her friends and I'm re-ally concerned
" The most relevant nursing diagnosis for the patient's reaction is: a. Ineffective individual coping. b. Dysfunctional grieving. c. Social isolation. d. Hopelessness.
Vomiting is
a. reverse peristalsis. b. forward peristalsis. c. an eating disorder. d. gastroesophageal reflux.
The home health nurse notes that an elderly patient has a low serum protein level. The nurse will plan to assess for
A. edema B. Pallor C. Confusion D. Restlessness