The nurse is working with a client whose brother had recently died as a result of a brain aneurism. The client reports spending the days crying or sleeping. The nurse intervenes in this situation to:
1. Encourage the client to stay busy.
2. Help the client focus on other aspects of life.
3. Provide respite from a painful reality.
4. Restore the client to pre-trauma level of functioning.
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Rationale: The outcome of the intervention should be to get the client to the highest level of functioning possible, which typically is consistent with the pre-crisis level of function. Distraction, refocusing on other areas of life, and ignoring the situation that triggered the crisis are not therapeutic interventions.
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