Question

A client comes to the clinic after losing all of his personal belongings in a hurricane. The nurse notes that the client is coping ineffectively with the situation. Which are the most realistic goals for this client? Select all that apply.

1. The client will develop adaptive coping patterns.

2. The client will identify a realistic perception of stressors.

3. The client will cease to have negative feelings about the event.

4. The client will express and share feelings regarding the present crisis.

5. The client will identify effective coping patterns that have worked in the past

Answer 1

Coping mechanism is very important in client undergo psychological stressors. Thus the plan of care should be based on the management of stress in an effective way. The goal to be set for the client should help the client to ventilate the feelings, and fears regarding the situation, identification of reality, development of individual adaptive patterns, and the effective coping mechanism that worked with the client in the same kind of situation in the past. The negatives feeling regarding the incident cannot be stopped at a moment.

The answers are

1. The client will develop adaptive coping patterns
2.The client will identify a realistic perception of stressors
4.The client will express and share feelings regarding present crisis
5. The client will identify effective coping patterns that have worked in the past