A nurse always addresses clients by the preferred name when entering a client's home or room. What is the nurse facilitating by this action?
A) A sense of self and worth
B) Reorientation to who they are
C) Personal strengths
D) Negative self-concept
Ans: A
Clients who are acutely ill are often separated from their personal strengths, but also from real sense of self. One action by the nurse that will help clients maintain a sense of self and worth is by addressing the client by preferred name when entering the home or room.
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