A client has been hospitalized for 6 weeks. All of the following interventions are good ones; but which intervention is specifically focused on helping the patient cope with the emotional responses to prolonged hospitalization?
1) Providing skin care every shift to prevent skin breakdown
2) Encouraging the patient to get up in a chair to eat meals
3) Assisting the patient to ambulate in the hallway for several minutes each day
4) Designating a corner of the patient's room to display personal mementos
ANS: 4
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