The nurse is teaching a 64-year-old with impaired vision and newly diagnosed diabetes to manage diabetes and insulin provision. The nurse's most appropriate course of action is to
1. Have the patient practice injecting her thigh with an empty syringe.
2. Encourage the patient to identify a family member who will be giving the insulin shots.
3. Obtain small insulin syringes that the patient can use to draw up the insulin.
4. Instruct the patient to attend a diabetic support group that is offered on a monthly basis.
ANS: 3
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The intervention mode that is most useful when less consultant/client collaboration is required because the consultant tells the client how to solve the problem is the:
a. Acceptant mode b. Catalytic mode c. Prescriptive mode d. Theory-principles mode