When the nurse offers to “just sit here with you” after a particularly

When the nurse offers to “just sit here with you” after a particularly painful procedure, a home-less client asks, “Why would you want to do that?” The nurse recognizes that the client most likely:

1. Prefers to be alone at this time
2. Does not have a need for companionship
3. Perceived the offer as being inappropriate
4. Finds it difficult to understand the nurse’s concern

ANSWER

ANS: 4
Persons who do not experience care in their lives often find it difficult to accept or understand acts of caring or to act in a caring manner. Although the other options may be true, the nurse should first recognize that the client may be lacking in examples of caring in his own life and so finds it difficult to understand why someone else would be caring.