A Patient Whose Behavior Has Continued to Escalate Despite Nursing

question 19

Multiple Choice

A patient whose behavior has continued to escalate despite nursing interventions begins to kick and strike out at the nurse. What is the priority nursing intervention?

• A) Offer an oral PRN medication.
• B) Have staff stand by at a distance.
• C) Physically control the patient's behavior.
• D) Allow the behavior until the patient de-escalates.

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Definitions:

Influence Tactics

Methods or strategies used by individuals or groups to affect the decisions, behaviors, and opinions of others.

Power Bases

The sources from which individuals or groups derive their ability to influence others, including factors like expertise, relationships, authority, or access to resources.

High Need

A heightened, intense demand or necessity for a particular resource, feeling, or condition by an individual or group.

Power

The ability or capacity to influence, control, or manipulate outcomes, behaviors, or decisions, often through formal or informal means.