Health promotion and Caring across lifespan Basic

1. A
Rationale: Providing presence grants the client/patient the opportunity to open up and facilitate communication. Presence is also an intervention in which shows caring and compassion embodying the nurse as the client’s/patient advocate. Telling the client that everything is alright disregards the client/patients feelings. Avoiding touching negatively impacts nurse-patient rapport. Patting the client on the hand and addressing his/her concerns at a later time doesn’t encourage trust and compassion for the client/patient emotional distress.

2. A
Rationale: Client/patients has the right to refuse treatment; medication administration, treatment, procedures, etc. As the nurse, defining the underlining problem as to why client/patient refused treatment and document. In this case, the client/patient is emotionally distressed and may need the nurse to empathize, listen, care and providing presence during this time. As for her forcing medication, its unethical and demeanors client/patient autonomy as well as legal issues.

3. C
Rationale: As the nurse you’re the clients/patient’s advocate and spirituality nursing is also part of the integral expression of the nursing practice. Nursing as a whole or “holistic” care not only encompasses just physical wellbeing but emotional and spiritual. Healing the mind and body is part of the nursing. A physician order isn’t necessary nor is it practicing a different religion if asked to pray.

4. A B C D E (not sure about time…..)
Rationale: As mentioned before, being a presence is a powerful nursing tool. It shows that you’re the patients advocate and listening ear. Comforting manages not only the physical but the psychosocial/emotional aspect of caring. Touch is a basic tool used to convey compassion, caring, empathy and human comfort. Eye contact shows