A nurse working in the critical care unit would assess the client's complexity by asking questions related to
a. ability of the client and family to make sound decisions.
b. effect of family, stress, and environmental factors on the client.
c. interplay of multiple medical problems on the current condition.
d. the client's ability to use compensatory coping mechanisms.
B
Complexity is a client characteristic that assesses the intricate entanglement of two or more sys-tems, such as physiologic, emotional, family, and environment. Option a refers to participation in decision-making, option c is not a client characteristic, and option d is resiliency.
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