5. Mrs. Lowe is a 52-year- old patient being treated for lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes) that occurred six years after lung transplantation. Mrs. Lowe is discouraged about her current health status and a lot of what she describes as muscle pain. The unit where Mrs. Lowe is receiving care has a number of very sick patients and is short-staffed.

You enter her room to perform a morning assessment and find Mrs. Lowe crying. How are you going to use caring practice to help Mrs. Lowe, knowing that you have only begun your task for today?

When you listened to Mrs. Lowe, she explained that her muscle pain was very bothersome and it was worst particularly when she was alone. Both you and Mrs. Lowe determine that an injection for her pain would be beneficial. In what way are you caring when you administer the injection to Mrs. Lowe?

Mrs. Lowe seems more comfortable and is crying less. What else can you do for Mrs. Lowe?