Open-ended questions offer broad openings and encourage clients to share information. The statement that best illustrates this communication technique is,
1. Do you have a family?
2. Where is your family?
3. Tell me about your family.
4. Does your family live in the area?
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Open-ended questions stimulate further responses.
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A client with alcoholism is receiving court-ordered care in a residential treatment facility. After alcohol is discovered in the client's room, the client states, "It is not mine." Which responses by the nurse are appropriate in this situation?
Select all that apply. A) "You will lose your day pass privileges for this Sunday." B) "We have a video of you accepting the alcohol from your brother." C) "What do you think about sharing this at AA tonight?" D) "You won't be allowed to go to dinner tonight." E) "You have violated our behavior contract."
Research by the National Institute on Aging found which of the following to be correct? (Select all that apply.)
a. Older patients receive less information regarding health management than younger patients. b. Information on lifestyle changes were directed at younger people. c. Older patients were denied timely appointments for evaluation of acute illnesses. d. Rehabilitation programs offered limited services to the older adult. e. Older patients receive less evaluation and fewer treatment options for acute illnesses.
What is the normal response for the Achilles reflex?
1) Inversion of foot 2) Dorsiflexion of foot 3) Plantarflexion of foot 4) Eversion of foot
A client with HIV is treated with the nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) efavirenz (Sustiva). The nurse is aware that other agents may be used because of which significant problem with NNRTIs?
a. Alopecia b. Resistance c. Coma d. Hepatic dysfunction