Which one of the following nursing activities is an example of Swanson's "enabling" in the car-ing process?
1. Staying with the client before surgery
2. Performing a urinary catheterization skillfully
3. Assessing the client's health history
4. Teaching the client how to inject fast-acting insulin
ANS: 4
According to Swanson, enabling is defined as facilitating the other's passage through life transi-tions (e.g., birth, death) and unfamiliar events (e.g., self-injection of insulin).
Staying with the client before surgery would be an example of Swanson's "being with" in the caring process.
Performing a catheterization skillfully would be an example of Swanson's "doing for" in the car-ing process.
Assessing the client's health history would be an example of Swanson's "knowing" in the caring process.
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