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A 79-year-old client on a medical-surgical unit is being evaluated for nursing care related to parenteral nutrition. Assessment data include the client receives enteral feeding and develops abdominal distention with nausea. Which nurse response best supports psychosocial integrity?

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Promising outcomes that cannot be guaranteed.False reassurance that nothing is wrong.Therapeutic presence, active listening, validation, and suicide or violence screening when indicated.Changing the subject when the client expresses fear.

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C. Therapeutic presence, active listening, validation, and suicide or violence screening when indicated.

Why

Psychosocial integrity items reward therapeutic communication and appropriate safety screening, not avoidance or false promises.

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A 79-year-old client on a medical-surgical unit is being evaluated for nursing care related to parenteral nutrition. Assessment data include the client receives enteral feeding and develops abdominal distention with nausea. Which nurse response best supports psychosocial integrity?

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