A nurse receives a report at the beginning of a shift that a client has a long history of drug abuse, uses prostitution to support a drug addiction, and has lost custody of four children
What is the nurse's most appropriate initial action during the pre-interaction phase of the nurse–client relationship?
A) Assisting the patient in changing his or her value system
B) Examining the nurse's own feelings and anxieties with regard to the client
C) Reviewing the literature pertaining to the drug addiction
D) Attempting to identify the underlying reasons for the client's apparent lack of values
B
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1. younger adult group. 2. old young adults. 3. middle-aged adult. 4. older age adult.
A nurse walks into a client's room and discusses his request to use an alternative therapy for a skin rash
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After visiting with the client, the nurse documents the assessment data. Both objective and sub-jective information have been obtained during the assessment. Which of the following is classi-fied as subjective data?
1. "Client appears sleepy" 2. "No physical distress noted" 3. "Abdomen soft and non-tender" 4. "States feels anxious and tense"