The nurse visits Nancy and prods her to eat her food. Nancy replies �what�s the use? My time is running out.� The nurse�s best response would be:

�The doctor ordered full diet for you so that you will be strong for surgery�
�I understand how you feel but you have to try for your children�s sake�
�You sound like you are giving up.�
�Have you told your doctor how you feel? Are you changing your mind about your surgery?�

The question from the test: Nursing practice i � foundation of professional nu.

The nurse feels sad about Nancy�s illness and tells her head nurse during the end of shift endorsement that �it�s unfair for Nancy to have cancer when she is still so young and with two kids�. The best response of the head nurse would be:

Realizing that she feels angry about Nancy�s condition, the nurse learns that being self-aware is a conscious process that she should do in any situation like this because:

Seva, 52 years old, asks you about possible problems regarding her elimination now that she is in the menopausal stage.

26. Instruction on health promotion regarding urinary elimination is important. Which would you include?

Mrs. Seva also tells the nurse that she is often constipated. Because she is aging, what physical changes predispose her to constipation?

The nurse understands that one of these factors contributes to constipation: