Which Patient Behavior Would Require the Most Immediate Limit-Setting by the Nurse

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which patient behavior would require the most immediate limit-setting by the nurse?

• A) The patient makes self-deprecating remarks.
• B) At a goal-setting meeting, the patient interrupts others to express delusions.
• C) A patient shouts at a roommate, "You are perverted! You watched me undress."
• D) During dinner, a patient manipulates an older adult patient to obtain a second dessert.

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Definitions:

Performance

The action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.

Properly Payable

Properly payable refers to the condition under which a financial instrument, such as a check, meets all requirements for payment to the rightful party without dispute.

Requirements

Conditions or specifications that must be met or complied with.

Preauthorized Payments

Financial transactions that are scheduled to recur at predetermined intervals, where funds are automatically transferred from an individual's bank account or credit card to pay for services or goods.