COM 4 – DEPRESSION A 40 year old female client has been admi…

COM 4 – DEPRESSION A 40 year old female client has been admitted to the mental health unit with a diagnosis of major depression.  She is married and has three daughters ages 20, 18, and 15.  She states that she has been neglecting all her household responsibilities, because she is tired all the time and does not want to get out of bed.  She says that being a super-wife and super-mother has become too much for her to bear.  The client also questions how good a mother she is, since her 20 year old daughter is already divorced and her 18 year old daughter was arrested for driving drunk last week.  The client states “My life has been so busy.  I’ve done everything for my husband and daughters, and now while I’m in the hospital, they get along fine without me.”  The nurse’s best response would be:

 COM 2 – HEM DIS A pregnant woman at 35 weeks gestation has…

 COM 2 – HEM DIS A pregnant woman at 35 weeks gestation has been admitted to the labor/delivery unit with a diagnosis of vasa previa. The client asks the nurse what this means for the well-being of her fetus during the labor and delivery.  What is the nurse’s best response?