The nurse is planning care for the family of a child with a chronic illness. Which activities will the nurse recommend to decrease the risk for compassion fatigue? Select all that apply
1. Fostering social relationships
2. Exercising
3. Developing a hobby
4. Moving away
5. Sleeping more than 9 hours per 24-hour period
1, 2, 3
Explanation:
1. Fostering social relationships contributes to social and mental rest and restoration.
2. Exercising contributes to physical restoration.
3. Developing a hobby contributes to physical, spiritual, social, and mental rest and restoration.
4. Moving away is an avoidance behavior that does not address exhaustion from overwhelming caregiving responsibilities.
5. Sleeping more than the body requires is an avoidance behavior.
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A terminally ill client has died and the spouse is demonstrating grief. This response is:
a. primarily a psychological response following a loss. b. primarily a physical response following a loss. c. usually a one-time response to a loss. d. a series of intense physical and psychological responses following a loss.
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a. increasing the rate of the infusion. b. decreasing the rate of the infusion. c. stopping the infusion completely. d. calling the physician.
Which statement does not describe instructions that should be given to a patient who is using the buccal route of medication administration?
A. No food or drink is permitted until the tablets dissolve. B. Always place the medication in the same place to increase absorption. C. Place the medication in the mouth next to the cheek. D. Decrease mucosal irritation by alternating cheeks with each dose.