A patient at the crisis intervention clinic states, "When I got up this morning, I realized I could not go on any longer." Select the nurse's best response to facilitate analyzing the problem and making a nursing diagnosis
a. "How long have you been feeling this way?"
b. "What is different about your feelings today?"
c. "We are here to help you. I'm glad you decided to come to the center."
d. "You said you felt like you could not go on. Tell me more about that."
B
Encouraging comparison is a useful technique when the nurse wishes to analyze the problem and draw conclusions to facilitate establishing a nursing diagnosis. None of the other options would be as effective in encouraging the patient to analyze feelings.
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