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1. While talking with a nurse, a client states, "The nurses
around here are incompetent." Which of the following
responses should the nurse provide?
A. "Could you share a specific example of a nurse being
incompetent?"
B. "Let's talk about the progress you have made today and
not about the nurses."
C. "The nurses and doctors at this facility are highly
experienced and do an excellent job."
D. "I am doing the best I can to take care of these very ill
clients."
Ans: A"Could you share a specific example of a nurse
being incompetent?"
2. A nurse at a skilled nursing facility is assisting with the
admission of a client who has Alzheimer's disease. While
speaking with the nurse, the client's partner begins to cry
and says, "I never thought it would come to this. I feel so
guilty about bringing my husband here." Which of the
following responses should the nurse offer?
A. "If your husband understood what was happening, he
would forgive you."
B. "We will take good care of him here."
C. "Admitting your husband was the right decision."
D. "This has been a difficult time for you."
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Ans: D. "This has been a difficult time for you.
3. A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The
client tells the nurse that he hears voices in his head right
now, telling him that he has to purchase a knife today. He
states that he knows purchasing the knife will make him "do
something bad." Which of the following responses should the
nurse offer?
A. "Why do you think the voices want you to buy a knife?"
B. "Do you already own any knives?"
C. "When the voices speak, do you always do what they
say?"
D. "I don't hear any voices, just yours and mine. But, I
understand that you are fearful."
Ans: D. "I don't hear any voices, just yours and mine.
But, I understand that you are fearful."
4. A nurse is caring for a client who just learned that he has a
terminal illness. He states, "I'll deal with this after my wife
and I take that cruise we've always dreamed about." The
nurse should identify that the client is demonstrating which of
the following defense mechanisms?
A. Displacement
B. Sublimation
C. Conversion
D. Suppression
Ans: D. Suppression
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1. While talking with a nurse, a client states, "The nurses
around here are incompetent." Which of the following
responses should the nurse provide?
A. "Could you share a specific example of a nurse being
incompetent?"
B. "Let's talk about the progress you have made today and
not about the nurses."
C. "The nurses and doctors at this facility are highly
experienced and do an excellent job."
D. "I am doing the best I can to take care of these very ill
clients."
Ans: A"Could you share a specific example of a nurse
being incompetent?"
2. A nurse at a skilled nursing facility is assisting with the
admission of a client who has Alzheimer's disease. While
speaking with the nurse, the client's partner begins to cry
and says, "I never thought it would come to this. I feel so
guilty about bringing my husband here." Which of the
following responses should the nurse offer?
A. "If your husband understood what was happening, he
would forgive you."
B. "We will take good care of him here."
C. "Admitting your husband was the right decision."
D. "This has been a difficult time for you."
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Ans: D. "This has been a difficult time for you.
3. A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia. The
client tells the nurse that he hears voices in his head right
now, telling him that he has to purchase a knife today. He
states that he knows purchasing the knife will make him "do
something bad." Which of the following responses should the
nurse offer?
A. "Why do you think the voices want you to buy a knife?"
B. "Do you already own any knives?"
C. "When the voices speak, do you always do what they
say?"
D. "I don't hear any voices, just yours and mine. But, I
understand that you are fearful."
Ans: D. "I don't hear any voices, just yours and mine.
But, I understand that you are fearful."
4. A nurse is caring for a client who just learned that he has a
terminal illness. He states, "I'll deal with this after my wife
and I take that cruise we've always dreamed about." The
nurse should identify that the client is demonstrating which of
the following defense mechanisms?
A. Displacement
B. Sublimation
C. Conversion
D. Suppression
Ans: D. Suppression
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