Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 85%
Full-length
Passage / Scenario
A college student was in a motor vehicle accident six months ago. Although he was minimally injured, his friend was killed. The client comes to Student Health Services with complaints of not being able to study, not sleeping, and thinking he's 'going crazy.'It is MOST important for the nurse to
Correct answer
D
Rationale
Strategy: Determine the outcome of each answer choice. (1) not most important initially (2) not most important initially (3) not most important initially (4) correct-initially obtaining focused information about a very traumatic event is helpful and provides the nurse with an opportunity to understand how this client has coped with a tragedy that has made him vulnerable