A nurse is collecting data from a client who is experiencing alcohol withdrawal. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect?
- Diaphoresis
The nurse should expect a client who is experiencing alcoho
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A nurse is collecting data from a client who is experiencing alcohol withdrawal. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect?
- Diaphoresis
The nurse should expect a client who is experiencing alcohol withdrawal to experience diaphoresis, or increased sweating.
A nurse in a long-term care center is caring for an adult client who has Alzheimer's disease and whose partner died several years ago. The client appears upset and asks the nurse when his partner will visit again. The nurse states, "It seems like you are feeling lonely. Let's take a walk outside and talk." Which of the following communication strategies is the nurse using?
- Validation therapy
The nurse is using validation therapy as a strategy to communicate with the client. This strategy validates the client's feelings and emotions, even when they don't coincide with reality. The nurse should also attempt to integrate redirection techniques without the client realizing he is being redirected.
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has schizophrenia and a new prescription for chlorpromazine. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
- "The voices you have been hearing should decrease"
The nurse should instruct the client that hallucinations and agitated behavior, which are positive symptoms of schizophrenia, are targeted by conventional antipsychotic agents, such as chlorpromazine.
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has generalized anxiety disorder and is to start therapy with buspirone. Which of the following statements should the nurse identify as an indication that the client understands the information?
- "I should expect some improvement of my symptoms in about 10 days."
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