Which of the following interventions made by a new graduate nurse refl

Which of the following interventions made by a new graduate nurse reflects the best under-standing of knowing her client?

1. Asking the client, “What do you need to be more comfortable?”
2. Offering the client’s family a sleeper chair for use in the client’s room
3. Providing an extra blanket for a client who often complains of being cold
4. Awakening the client for a phone call from her son who lives out of town

ANSWER

ANS: 1
Knowing the client is striving to understand an event as it has meaning in the life of the client.
While offering the client’s family a sleeper chair is an example of caring, it is not the best exam-ple of knowing the client because it centers on the physical needs of the family.
While providing an extra blanket to the client is an example of caring, it is not the best example of knowing the client.
Awakening the client for a phone call from her son who lives out of town would be an example of knowing the client only after the nurse truly had that insight; otherwise, it is an assumption and could interfere with actually knowing the client.