When the nurse is alone with a client, the client says, "It was all my fault. The house was so messy when he got home and I know he hates that." Which response would be most appropriate?
A) "It is not your fault. No one deserves to be hurt. "
B) "What else did you do to make him so angry with you?"
C) "You need to start to clean the house early in the day."
D) "Remember, he works hard and you need to meet his needs."
A
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A nurse teaches a client who experiences occasional premature atrial contractions (PACs) accompanied by palpitations that resolve spontaneously without treatment. Which statement should the nurse include in this client's teaching?
a. "Minimize or abstain from caffeine." b. "Lie on your side until the attack subsides." c. "Use your oxygen when you experience PACs." d. "Take amiodarone (Cordarone) daily to prevent PACs."
The nurse conducts client care within the third stage of relativism. According to Perry, a person has developed to the level of relativism in critical thinking when that person:
a. is able to develop her own truth after evaluating information from several sources. b. has the ability to form opinions and values based on weighing information in situations. c. believes differences are in effect only until the right answer is discovered by experts. d. views the world in dichotomous terms.
The nurse needs to locate external evidence to support evidence-based practice interventions for a patient's care. What action indicates that the nurse maximized the use of technology to locate this evidence?
1. The nurse focused the search on appropriate and applicable nursing diagnoses. 2. The nurse identified specific data points when searching a clinical guidelines website. 3. The nurse input medical subject heading terms when searching through a database. 4. The nurse emphasized the expected patient outcomes when searching through a database.
One of the main aspects of therapeutic communication is:
a. it is individual focused. b. it is purposeful. c. it is time limited. d. all of the above.