While performing a patient's ordered wound care for the treatment of a burn, the patient has made a series of sarcastic remarks to the nurse and criticized her technique. How should the nurse best interpret this patient's behavior?
A) The patient may be experiencing an adverse drug reaction that is affecting his cognition and behavior.
B) The patient may be experiencing neurologic or psychiatric complications of his injuries.
C) The patient may be experiencing inconsistencies in the care that he is being provided.
D) The patient may be experiencing anger about his circumstances that he is deflecting toward the nurse.
Ans: D
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The patient may experience feelings of anger. The anger may be directed outward toward those who escaped unharmed or toward those who are now providing care. While drug reactions, complications, and frustrating inconsistencies in care cannot be automatically ruled out, it is not uncommon for anger to be directed at caregivers.
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