What is the best way to emotionally support a client with a life altering illness

2. How will you encourage communication with patients and their families?

1. How homelessness can exacerbate pre existing mental illness?

2. List nursing interventions you would use to reduce stress in the following situations: • A newly married young woman who found a lump in her breast and is undergoing a breast biopsy • The parents of a 2-year-old who are sitting in the surgical waiting room as their child undergoes brain surgery • The daughter (and caregiver) of a woman with severe Alzheimer disease

6. What cognitive-behavioral method focuses on suicidal clients?

11. What is a way for caregivers to manage stress? Call out of work Do not tell others about their stress Yell at their coworkers Take time for themselves

3. What level of assistance will you most likely have to provide for a person in the late stage of Alzheimer’s disease? Direct supervision Total assistance Hands on assistance Verbal cueing