A nurse working with a person whose spouse recently died uses cheer and humor to lift the person's spirits. At one point, the widowed person smiles. What analysis of this scenario is correct?
a. The nurse's technique was successful.
b. Use of humor should be added to the plan of care.
c. Approach may prove useful in other, similar situations.
d. The nurse needs supervision; the communication technique was not appropriate.
ANS: D
Clinical supervision will review the nurse's actions and thoughts and help the nurse arrive at a more therapeutic approach. Attempts at cheering up a patient who is depressed serve only to emphasize the disparity between the patient's mood and that of others. Active listening should be the technique used by the nurse. The incorrect options suggest the approach is therapeutic when it is not.
You might also like to view...
To maintain a wide base of support, the nurse should stand with the feet separated by the distance of _______ times the length of the nurse's shoe
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
During assessment, the nurse determines that the patient is having trouble learning from the past, difficulty dressing self, and cannot recognize written words. The nurse suspects that the patient's symptoms are a manifestation of dysfunction in which
brain structure? 1. Frontal lobe 2. Temporal lobe 3. Parietal lobe 4. Occipital lobe
Drugs that most readily pass through the blood-brain barrier are:
1. water soluble. 2. lipid soluble. 3. protein bound. 4. highly ionized.
The best time to screen for structural anomalies on ultrasound is:
a. 14–16 weeks. b. 13–15 weeks. c. 17–19 weeks. d. 18–20 weeks.