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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
book Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 20
A 24-year-old female patient does not want the wound cleansing and dressing change to take place.She states, "What difference will it make anyway?" What will the nurse encourage the patient to do?
A) Have the wound cleaned and the dressing changed
B) Have a snack before having the treatments completed
C) Talk about what is troubling her with the nurse and/or her family
D) Call the chaplain to come and talk to her and convince her to have the care
Explanation
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C. There is tremendous psychologic impac...

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