A nurse working with a person whose spouse recently died uses cheer and humor to lift the persons spirits. At one point, the widowed person smiles briefly. What analysis of this scenario is correct?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Clinical supervision will review the nurses actions and thoughts and help the nurse arrive at a more therapeutic approach. Attempts at cheering up a patient who is depressed serve only to emphasize the disparity between the patients mood and that of others. Active listening should be the technique used by the nurse. The incorrect options suggest the approach is therapeutic when it is not.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: An extended family has members from three or more generations living together. Nuclear family refers to a couple and their children. A blended family is one made up of members from two or more unrelated families. An alternative family can consist of a same-sex couple or an unmarried couple and children.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.