A Nurse Documents: "Patient Is Mute Despite Repeated Efforts to Elicit

question 30

Multiple Choice

A nurse documents: "Patient is mute despite repeated efforts to elicit speech. Makes no eye contact. Inattentive to staff. Gazes off to the side or looks upward rather than at speaker." Which nursing diagnosis should be considered?

• A) Defensive coping
• B) Decisional conflict
• C) Risk for other-directed violence
• D) Impaired verbal communication

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Definitions:

Collectively Consumed

Products or services that are used or consumed by a group of people simultaneously, such as public goods.

Exclude

To deliberately leave something or someone out of a group, list, or conversation.

Private Sector

The sector of the economy operated by private individuals and businesses aiming for profit, without direct governmental management.

Excluded

Not included, left out, or omitted from a group, list, or category.