The nurse is conducting a health maintenance assessment for a patient who lost a spouse 2 months ago. The patient's adult child states,
"My mom's behavior has changed since we lost my dad. She seems forgetful and confused at times. It seems to be worse in the morning." Based on this data, which diagnosis does the nurse anticipate?
1) Delirium
2) Dementia
3) Depression
4) Grief
ANS: 3
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A) The physician needs additional information to plan medical treatment. B) The client wishes to improve body structures and elects a procedure. C) The physician is repairing a deformity from birth or disease process. D) The client and physician are focusing on symptom relief not a cure.
Your patient is 40-year-old baseball player who needs his yearly physical exam. He reports a 5-year history of chronic lower back pain due to spinal stenosis. Which of the following findings indicate spinal stenosis?
A. Lumbar x-ray demonstrates vertebral osteophytes B. Positive straight leg raising sign upon physical exam C. Lumbar MRI shows decreased intervertebral space D. A and C
The nurse is curious as to how a person's personality develops. The theorist that believed relationships with others influences the development of one's personality was:
a. Levinson. c. Piaget. b. Sullivan. d. Havighurst.
The nurse is aware that when speaking with a client who has impaired hearing in the right ear, the behavior that would make it more difficult for the client to understand the communication is
a. directing the voice toward the left ear. b. speaking in a normal tone. c. smiling while talking to seem friendly. d. standing in front of the client.