A Patient Is Struggling to Explore and Solve a Problem

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient is struggling to explore and solve a problem.The nurse determines that it would be therapeutic to offer alternatives.Which verbal introduction should the nurse incorporate in order to achieve this objective?

• A) "Have you thought of..."
• B) "You should..."
• C) "Why don't you..."
• D) "I think you need to..."

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Definitions:

Great Depression

A severe worldwide economic downturn that lasted from 1929 until the early 1940s, marked by massive unemployment and deflation.

1933

A pivotal year during the Great Depression characterized by significant banking crises and the implementation of New Deal policies by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States.

1929

Refers to the year marked by the stock market crash in October, which contributed to the onset of the Great Depression.

Stagflation

An economic condition characterized by slow economic growth, high unemployment, and rising prices.