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A client is admitted to the unit with acute cholecystitis. The health care provider has stated that surgery will be scheduled in 4 days. The client asks why the surgery is being put off for a week when he has a “sick gallbladder.” What rationale would underlie the nurse’s response?

A nurse is completing a mental status exam (MSE) and asks the newly admitted patient, “If you had a fever and vomiting for 3 days, what would you do?” Which component of the MSE is the nurse assessing?

A nurse helping lead a group of people with alcoholism wants to ask the group members about how they handle the urge to drink. What communication skill might the nurse choose?

A nurse is doing a MSE and wants to assess the patient’s recent memory. Which question might the nurse ask for this information?

When assessing a client’s social skills, which remark would serve best in seeking clarification?

A 29-year-old client attending a psychiatric outpatient clinic believes that her husband, sister, and son cause her problems.  Listening to the client describe the problems, the nurse displays therapeutic communication in which response?

During a group session, one patient comments to another, “When you first started in this group, you were unable to make decisions, but now you can. You’ve made such progress that I’m beginning to think maybe I can do this too!” Which of Yalom’s therapeutic group factors is evident by this patient’s statement?

Which characteristic of an inpatient unit culture predisposes the highest risk for client violence and aggression?

The client expresses sadness at “being all alone with no one to share my life with.”  Which response by the nurse demonstrates therapeutic communication?

A client on a psychiatric unit tells the nurse, “I’m all alone in the world now, and I have no reason to live.” Which response by the nurse would encourage further communication by the client?