The nurse is instructing a client with an anxiety disorder on behavioral tools to help with coping. Which tools to help with coping should the nurse include in the teaching session?
Select all that apply.
A) Reading self-help literature
B) Thought stopping
C) Journaling
D) Distraction
E) Practicing yoga
Answer: A, C, E
Behavioral tools to help with coping include reading self-help literature, practicing relaxation techniques such as yoga, and journaling stressors and emotional responses and alternatives. Thought stopping and distraction are cognitive coping tools.
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1. Access to care may be delayed until the proper equipment can be delivered to the client's home. 2. Clients must travel to special on-site locations where equipment and telecommunication devices are available. 3. Nurse practitioner services may be reduced because physicians can assess and treat clients themselves. 4. Clients may stay within their own community to be assessed and treated, lowering potential costs.
The best measure of successful evidence-based practice is:
a. acceptance of the practice to the point of being included in the policy manual. b. agreement of the health care team, which leads to consistent care for the patient. c. dissemination of the practice in nursing journals. d. patient satisfaction and positive outcomes increasing.
The nurse is providing education to a patient who has genital herpes simplex. The nurse should include the information that
a. this infection can be cured with appropriate antiviral medication. b. the disease cannot be transmitted unless lesions are visible. c. contraceptive foams can help prevent transmission. d. although the infection is present for life, recurrences generally are less severe and shorter in duration.
While performing a home assessment, the home care nurse identifies traditional practices that the patient uses to protect HEALTH. Which are practices used to protect health? Select all that apply:
1. Picture of a saint hanging on the wall in the bedroom 2. String of garlic hanging in the kitchen 3. Burning a candle on the kitchen table 4. Wearing a purple scarf 5. Chanting prayers