The Nurse Is Discussing the Future with a Patient Recently

question 16

Multiple Choice

The nurse is discussing the future with a patient recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) . The patient asks about the possibility of continuing to work at the family's construction business. How should the nurse respond?

• A) "Can you do work that is less strenuous?"
• B) "Is there a way you can switch over to the office side of the business?"
• C) "This is a progressively debilitating disease. You need to think of ways to conserve your energy, not expend it."
• D) "Work as long at your job as you feel capable of keeping up with the demands it makes on you."

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Definitions:

Transmission Channels

The means or pathways through which information, signals, or data are disseminated from one point to another.

Encodes

Refers to the process of converting information into a particular form, especially to hide or secure its content.

Transmitted

The act of sending or conveying something from one person, place, or thing to another.

Decodes

The process of interpreting or making sense of coded messages, symbols, or data.