When Communicating with a Patient with a Cognitive Deficit,what Is

question 12

Multiple Choice

When communicating with a patient with a cognitive deficit,what is the best way for the nurse to respond?

• A)"You managed all of your medications very well today."
• B)"Your family should really take over the cooking.It's too hard for you to do."
• C)"I don't see how you will be able to shop for yourself anymore.Someone will have to do it for you."
• D)"This schedule will be too difficult for you to remember.I better write it all down."

Identify conditions best treated with cold therapy.

Describe the physiological effects of cryotherapy.

Determine the appropriate nursing response to patient complaints during cold therapy.

Explain the benefits of cryotherapy to patients.

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Definitions:

Regio-

A prefix in chemistry indicating the region or specific location in a molecule where a reaction takes place or a particular group is located.

Carbocation Rearrangement

A process in which a carbocation intermediate undergoes structural reorganization to form a more stable ion during a chemical reaction.

Hg(OAc)2

Mercury(II) acetate, a compound used as a reagent in organic synthesis, particularly in oxymercuration-demercuration reactions.

Sodium Borohydride

A chemical reagent and reducing agent that is widely used in the reduction of aldehydes, ketones, and acyl chlorides to alcohols.