With which of the following interventions does the nurse best reflect caring by maintaining belief in a client?
1. Offering a client with cancer pain medication before a family visit
2. Explaining to a client what to expect during a bone marrow aspiration
3. Arranging for a burn client to talk with others who survived similar burns
4. Explaining to a client that he may select from a variety of entrees for dinner
ANS: 3
Maintaining belief is sustaining faith in the client's ability to successfully traverse the situation and have a meaningful life. Offering a client with cancer pain medication before a family visit is an example of doing for others what they cannot do for themselves. Explaining to a client what to expect during a bone marrow aspiration is an example of enabling that helps the client traverse the situation. Explaining to a client that he may select from a variety of entrees for dinner is an example of enabling that helps the client traverse the situation.
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