Posted: June 26th, 2017

As a very anxious female client is talking to the nurse May, she starts crying. She appears to be upset that she cannot control her crying. The most appropriate response by the nurse would be:

As a very anxious female client is talking to the nurse May, she starts crying. She appears to be upset that she cannot control her crying. The most appropriate response by the nurse would be:

A. “Is talking about your problem upsetting you?”
B. “It is Ok to cry; I’ll just stay with you for now”
C. “You look upset; lets talk about why you are crying.”
D. “Sometimes it helps to get it out of your system.”