A client is experiencing a crisis and is unable to cope emotionally with the situation that precipitated the crisis
Based on caring theories such as those of Jean Watson or Hildegard Peplau, the most immediate intervention for the nurse to provide is: a. reporting any maladaptive responses to the provider
b. educating about the phases of crisis
c. listening to the affective experience of the client
d. assessing the client's level of emotional vulnerability
C
According to caring theories, the most immediate intervention for the nurse is to listen to the affective experience of the client. The nurse will be interested in the client's subjective experience of the crisis. Therefore these caring theories would direct the nurse to meet the client at the client's level with an attitude of sincere caring, accept the client's view as an important perspective of the event, seek to understand the client's subjective experience of the crisis, and interpret the meaning of the crisis to the client.
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