A Nurse Is Working with a Client Suffering from Chronic

question 4

Multiple Choice

A nurse is working with a client suffering from chronic pruritus. The client is angry and frustrated. The nurse should incorporate actions into the care plan that acknowledge

• A) multiple treatments may be tried before finding one that works.
• B) the lack of any effective treatments for pruritus.
• C) the major impact pruritus has on quality of life.
• D) that pruritus is very expensive to treat.

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