A staff nurse tells the clinical nurse leader "I feel as though I am at a total loss as to how to cope
with this client.
He has so many physical needs as a result of his head and neck surgery! Those needs
have to be my primary focus, but sometimes it seems he must have emotional pain, too. I do not
know how to help with that.". The staff nurse should be referred to
a. the psychiatric liaison nurse.
b. the psychiatrist in the crisis clinic.
c. the unit social worker.
d. the hospital chaplain.
A
The psychiatric liaison nurse is a resource for the nursing staff who feel unable to intervene
therapeutically with a client. The other professionals might be helpful, but problems such as these
are the specialty of the liaison nurse.
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