Regression as a coping mechanism for critical care patients
a. is necessary to some degree to allow staff to administer care.
b. indicates deterioration of the physical state.
c. is adaptive when the patient calls the nurse every 15 minutes, even for trivial matters.
d. is best avoided to ensure successful recovery.
A
Regression allows patients to give up their usual roles, autonomy, and privacy to become passive recipients of medical and nursing care. Behaviors such as whining, clinging to staff, needing the nurse constantly at the bedside, and giving evidence of an inability to self-modulate feelings of anxiety or fear can interfere with patient recovery and negatively impact nurse–patient relationships.
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