The nurse has elected to apply Swanson's concepts of caring. Which of the following nursing activities is an example of Swanson's "enabling" in the caring process?
a. Staying with the client before surgery
b. Performing a catheterization skillfully
c. Assessing the client's health history
d. Teaching the client how to self-inject insulin
D
According to Swanson, "enabling" is defined as facilitating the other's passage through life tran-sitions (e.g., birth, death) and unfamiliar events (e.g., self-injection of insulin).
Staying with the client before surgery would be an example of Swanson's "being with" in the caring process.
Performing a catheterization skillfully would be an example of Swanson's "doing for" in the caring process.
Assessing the client's health history would be an example of Swanson's "knowing" in the caring process.
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