A patient has lost most of her vision as a result of macular degeneration. When attempting to meet this patient's psychosocial needs, what nursing action is most appropriate?
A) Encourage the patient to focus on her use of her other senses.
B) Assess and promote the patient's coping skills during interactions with the patient.
C) Emphasize that her lifestyle will be unchanged once she adapts to her vision loss.
D) Promote the patient's hope for recovery.
Ans: B
Feedback:
The nurse should empathically promote the patient's coping with her loss. Focusing on the remaining senses could easily be interpreted as downplaying the patient's loss, and recovery is not normally a realistic possibility. Even with successful adaptation, the patient's lifestyle will be profoundly affected.
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