The Nurse Notes That Their Client Has Had a Change

question 15

Multiple Choice

The nurse notes that their client has had a change in mental status. Why would it be important for the nurse to report extremes of emotions or disturbances in the thought process of a client with cardiovascular disorder to the physician?

• A) It is an indication of an impending heart failure.
• B) The client may develop anxiety disorder.
• C) It interferes with the diagnostic testing and prescribed therapy.
• D) It creates anxiety during the diagnostic testing.

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Definitions:

Emotional And Social Support

Emotional and social support involves the offering of empathy, concern, affection, love, trust, acceptance, intimacy, encouragement, or caring to another person.

Socialization

The process by which individuals learn the values, norms, and behaviors that are necessary for participating within their society.

Behaviors And Attitudes

The observable actions of individuals and their mental dispositions or feelings toward certain situations, objects, or people, highlighting the interplay between what we do and how we feel.

Formal Operations

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where individuals gain the capacity for abstract thinking and logical reasoning beyond concrete events.