The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Reports Feeling

question 6

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient who reports feeling very stressed about her new diagnosis of fibromyalgia.Which response is most beneficial in addressing the patient's stress?

• A) "I can't imagine how it must feel to have this disorder."
• B) "What worries you the most about your fibromyalgia?"
• C) "Light exercise and relaxation techniques may really help alleviate your stress."
• D) "You can talk to your doctor about your stress and ask him to prescribe some antianxiety medication."

Identify strategies for health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan.

Understand the central attitudes of the scientific approach to psychology.

Identify the goals of science and the empirical method's role in psychology.

Differentiate between behavior and mental processes in psychology.

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The amount of cash or cash equivalents held by an entity at any given time.

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A set of rules or guidelines that are used to govern behavior or actions, often in a professional or technical context.

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Effectiveness

A measure of the degree to which objectives are achieved and the extent to which targeted problems are solved, without necessarily considering the resources used.