Asked by Connor Taljan on Jun 22, 2024
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A cognitively impaired patient has been a widow for 30 years. This patient frantically tries to leave the facility, saying, "I have to go home to cook dinner before my husband arrives from work." To intervene with validation therapy, the nurse will say:
A) "You must come away from the door."
B) "You have been a widow for many years."
C) "You want to go home to prepare your husband's dinner?"
D) "Your husband gets angry if you do not have dinner ready on time?"
Cognitively Impaired
Referring to individuals who have difficulty with mental processes such as attention, memory, understanding, and problem solving.
Validation Therapy
A therapeutic approach that involves acknowledging and validating the feelings and experiences of people with cognitive impairments, often used with dementia patients.
Frantically Tries
Engages in hurried, desperate efforts or attempts to accomplish something, often characterized by chaotic and frenzied actions.
- Employ therapeutic communication techniques with aggressive or potentially violent patients.
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Learning Objectives
- Employ therapeutic communication techniques with aggressive or potentially violent patients.
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