The nurse is identifying strategies to support a client's empowerment. What strategies should the nurse use?
1. Making it possible for the client diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's disease to continue to dance regularly, as it has always been a passion of hers
2. Being sure to polish the client's nails now that she is not able to do it herself, as it has always been important to her that she "have pretty hands"
3. Suggesting to a client's family members that they should insist that the client move into an assisted living facility so as to ensure her safety
4. Helping the client's family identify community support services that will make it possible for the client to remain in her own home
5. Encouraging the client to use a walker and stay indoors, "just in case she might fall"
Correct Answer: 1, 2, 4
Rationale: This nursing intervention supports and thus empowers the client to continue expressing herself and experiencing life in spite of a chronic disease.
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