The community nurse is caring for a patient who has paraplegia following a farm accident when he was an adolescent. This patient is now 64 years old and has just been diagnosed with congestive heart failure
The patient states, "I'm so afraid about what is going to happen to me." What would be the best nursing intervention for this patient?
A) Assist the patient in making suitable plans for his care.
B) Take him to visit appropriate long-term care facilities.
C) Give him pamphlets about available community resources.
D) Have him visit with other patients who have congestive heart failure.
Ans: A
Feedback:
The nurse should recognize the concerns of people with disabilities about their future and encourage them to make suitable plans, which may relieve some of their fears and concerns about what will happen to them as they age. Taking him to visit long-term care facilities may only make him more afraid, especially if he is not ready and/or willing to look at long-term care facilities. Giving him pamphlets about community resources or having him visit with other patients who have congestive heart failure may not do anything to relieve his fears.
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