MC The nurse is assessing a family dealing with the stress of unemployment and the stress of a child with chronic asthma. The assessment reveals that the family is attending to only those aspects of the situation that do not cause distress or pain
Which of the following best describes the assessment?
A. Denial
B. Isolation
C. Selective inattention
D. Rationalization
C. Selective inattention
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A parent brings a 4-month-old to the well-child clinic for the second in routine immunizations. The nurse should prepare:
a. DTaP, polio, and HIB b. DTaP, HIB, and polio c. DTaP, polio, and varicella d. Hep B, HPV, and MMR
An adolescent is brought to the emergency department by a parent who reports that the patient took a whole bottle of extended-release acetaminophen tablets somewhere between 8 and 10 hours ago
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Deep-breathing exercises expand the lungs and assist the patient in bringing up lung secretions
True False