A client with acute stress disorder states to the nurse, “I keep having horrible nightmares about the car accident that killed my daughter. I shouldn't have taken her with me to the store.” Which of the following responses by the nurse is most therapeutic?
1. “Don't keep torturing yourself with such horrible thoughts.”
2. “Stop blaming yourself. It's only hurting you.”
3. “Let's talk about something that is a bit more pleasant.”
4. “The accident just happened and could not have been predicted.”
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The client, a veteran of the Vietnam war who has posttraumatic stress disorder, tells the nurse about the horror and mass destruction of war. He states, “I killed all of those people for nothing.” Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?
1. “You did what you had to do at that time.”
2. “Maybe you didn't kill as many people as you think.”
3. “How many people did you kill?”
4. “War is a terrible thing.”