A client with diabetes mellitus demonstrates acute anxiety when first admitted for the treatment of hyperglycemia. The appropriate intervention to decrease the client’s anxiety is to:
1. Administer a sedative.
2. Convey empathy, trust, and respect toward the client.
3. Ignore the signs and symptoms of anxiety so that they will soon disappear.
4. Make sure that the client knows all the correct medical terms to understand what is happening.
A client is diagnosed with pheochromocytoma. A nurse prepares a plan of care for the client; while planning, the nurse understands that pheochromocytoma is a condition that:
1. Causes profound hypotension
2. Is manifested by severe hypoglycemia
3. Is not curable and is treated symptomatically
4. Causes the release of excessive amounts of catecholamines