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A 32-year-old single mother of two school-age children was involved in a motor vehicle accident and...

A 32-year-old single mother of two school-age children was involved in a motor vehicle accident and sustained an incomplete spinal cord injury at the L2 level. She has weakness (strength 2/5) and decreased tone in the right lower extremity. She has paralysis and flaccidity in the left lower extremity. She is in her room crying and saying that she will never walk again or be able to care for her children. How should the nurse respond?

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Nurses perceived that psychosocial care counts of providing holistic care, spiritual care, support to the patient and family members and showing empathy.while keeping in mind her personal background and emotional states.

Nightingale answered 2 years ago
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