A female nurse is assisting the recreational therapist with a dance activity for a mixed adult inpa-tient group of clients. How can the nurse encourage an extremely shy male client to participate?
1. Offer to dance with the client.
2. Ask the client if this is the first dance he has attended.
3. Sit with the client away from the group.
4. Encourage another client to ask him to dance.
ANS: 1
If trust has been established, the client may feel safe enough to dance with the nurse. If trust has not yet been established the client will see the nurse's invitation as demonstrating respect and reaching out to him. Either way, the action will encourage participation. Options 2 and 3 do not encourage participation. 4. The nurse should not make another client responsible for this client's participation.
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