Section: NCLEX

Question 8 of 49

8) A nurse is caring for clients in the mental health clinic. A women comes to the clinic complaining of insomnia and anorexia. The patient tearfully tells the nurse that she was laid off from a job that she had held for 15 years. Which of the following responses, if made by the nurse, is MOST appropriate?

“Did your company give you a severance package?”
“Focus on the fact that you have a healthy, happy family.”
“Losing a job is common nowadays.”
“Tell me what happened.”

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