A 56-year-old patient diagnosed with an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) makes inappropriate sexual comments to the licensed practical nurse (LPN)
The LPN is visibly upset. The registered nurse (RN) assigned to the patient informs the patient his behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Is the RN demonstrating holistic or mechanistic nursing? ____________________
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:
mechanistic
The nurse is demonstrating the mechanistic nursing approach, which focuses on getting the task done.
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