While the nurse is taking a male client's blood pressure, he makes flirtatious remarks to her. The nurse will handle this effectively if she:

Question

Options

• APolitely tells the client, "Keep your hands off"
• BIgnores the remarks and hopes he will not try it again
• CConfronts the remarks but attempts not to reject the client
• DLeaves the room in order to compose herself

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  11% (4)
• C
  79% (30)
• D
  8% (3)

Explanation

(A) This response does not recognize normal feelings of attraction and rejects the client. (B) By ignoring the situation, the nurse has not set limits to discourage other remarks or perhaps more sexually aggressive behavior. (C) By confronting the remarks, she can recognize that his feelings of attraction may be normal but are not appropriate within the context of their nurse-client relationship. (D) Leaving the room does not deal with setting limits for future interactions.

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