Family members are upset and frightened over a client's use of profane language and verbal abusive behavior. The nurse explains that the behavior is related to the location of the client's brain tumor in the:
A)
frontal lobe.
B)
parietal lobe.
C)
occipital lobe.
D)
temporal lobe.
A
Explanation:
A)
Frontal lobe tumors often cause loss of emotional control, confusion, and personality changes.
Comprehension
Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
B)
Frontal lobe tumors often cause loss of emotional control, confusion, and personality changes.
Comprehension
Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
C)
Frontal lobe tumors often cause loss of emotional control, confusion, and personality changes.
Comprehension
Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
D)
Frontal lobe tumors often cause loss of emotional control, confusion, and personality changes.
Comprehension
Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
You might also like to view...
The assessment that helps establish a diagnosis based on the identification of elements that may be an immediate threat to the client is a
1. nursing assessment. 2. risk factor assessment. 3. physical assessment. 4. rest factor assessment.
When addressing an ethical dilemma, contextual, physiological, and personal factors of the situation must be considered. Which of the following is an example of a personal factor?
a. The hospital has a policy that everyone must have an advanced directive on the chart. b. The patient has lost 20 pounds in the past month and is fatigued all of time. c. The patient has told you what quality of life means and his or her wishes. d. The physician considers care to be futile in a given situation.
During the interview, your patient states that his chest pain started before lunch, when he was painting his house, and it lasted about 15 minutes
According to the patient, the pain was relieved when he rested in a chair, but it reoccurred twice today along with tingling in his left arm while he was walking.You would report the duration of the patient's chest pain as a. acute. c. severe. b. intermittent. d. sudden.
You are presenting a class at the bariatric clinic about the different types of surgical procedures offered by the clinic. What would you include in your class? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Specific lifestyle changes B) Eating habits C) Bowel habits D) Exercise E) Dining out