A 27-year-old client has been married and divorced four times. The client is admitted to a psychiatric unit with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder
As a nurse starts to leave the unit at the end of the shift, the client runs up to the nurse, puts her arms around the nurse, and yells, "Please don't go! You're the only one who understands me. If you go, I won't have anyone!" With which behavior should the nurse correlate this client's behavior?
A) Splitting
B) Manipulation
C) Clinging
D) Impulsivity
C
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1. Naturally immune 2. Elderly 3. Immunosuppressed 4. Not exposed to the influenza virus
A boy who has fractured his forearm is unable to extend his fingers. The nurse knows that this
a. Is normal following this type of injury b. May indicate compartmental syndrome c. May indicate fat embolism d. May indicate damage to the epiphyseal plate
Which international code for ethical conduct by physicians conducting biomedical research followed the Nuremberg Code and provides more specific guidelines?
a. ANA Code of Ethics b. Belmont Report c. Code of Federal Regulations d. Declaration of Helsinki
The nurse knows that children have larger heads in relation to the body and a higher center of gravity. When developing a teaching plan for parents, the nurse includes information about an increased risk for which problem?
A) Febrile seizures B) Head trauma C) Caput succedaneum D) Posterior plagiocephaly