In the early 1900s the first theory of mental illness that showed behavior could be changed is attributed to:
a. Beers
b. Dix
c. Freud
d. Pinel
C
Freud was the first person who succeeded in "explaining human behavior in psychological terms and in demonstrating that behavior can be changed under the proper circumstances."
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A staff nurse asks, "Why doesn't she just leave him?" Which is the nursing supervisor's most appropriate response? 1. "These clients don't know life any other way, and change is not an option until they have improved insight." 2. "These clients have limited cognitive skills and few vocational abilities to be able to make it on their own." 3. "These clients often have a lack of financial independence to support themselves and their children, and most have religious beliefs prohibiting divorce and separation." 4. "These clients are paralyzed into inaction by a combination of physical threats and a sense of powerlessness."
The nutritional assessment is done at the time of admission by the:
a. physician. b. hospice nurse. c. caregiver. d. nursing assistant.
The differential blood count measures:
1. The percent of the five types of white blood cells in a sample of 100 white blood cells. 2. Inflammation, infection, and response to therapy. 3. Volume of red blood cells in whole blood. 4. Number of thrombocytes in whole blood.
When describing the menstrual cycle to a group of young women, the nurse explains that estrogen levels are highest during which phase of the endometrial cycle?
A) Menstrual B) Proliferative C) Secretory D) Ischemic