The nurse can best demonstrate caring behavior by:
1. Updates the family about the client's condition
2. Asks to address the client by the client's first name
3. Closes the door and covers the client during morning care
4. Shares with the client's roommate that she is scheduled for tests
ANS: 3
When the nurse closes the door and covers the client during a bath, the nurse is displaying be-haviors that make the client feel valued as a human being. The nurse is attending to the client and is preserving the client's dignity.
Keeping family members informed is perceived as a caring behavior by family; however, the nurse must first have the client's permission to do so.
Calling the client by his or her first name may not demonstrate caring behavior because a caring relationship has not yet been established. The nurse would be assuming it is acceptable to the cli-ent to call him or her by the first name. The nurse should enter the relationship with respect for the client and avoid making assumptions.
Sharing personal information about the client with the roommate would be a breech of confiden-tiality.
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