A patient admitted with a conversion disorder after an automobile accident insists he is paralyzed, although no physical cause for his paraplegia can be found
What is the best nursing response when the patient asks the nurse to push him to his room? a. "There is nothing wrong with your arms. Roll yourself to your room."
b. "I will help you to walk to your room. I know you can walk."
c. "Let me lift the foot rests so you can move your chair with your feet."
d. "OK. I am going that way myself."
D
The patient is experiencing dysfunction without a discernible cause, but this dysfunction is very real to him. The less attention brought to his coping mechanism, the better.
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A nurse suspects elder mistreatment in which of the following patients seen in the emergency department? (Select all that apply.)
a. An 85-year-old male with cardiac disease who is taking blood thinners and has mul-tiple bruises on his arms and hands b. An 86-year-old female nursing home resi-dent admitted to the hospital with vaginal bleeding and three large bruises on her in-ner thigh c. A 77-year-old woman who fell at home and broke her arm after tripping over her cat d. A 73-year-old man with a history of gas-tric ulcers who is vomiting blood and found to be anemic and has a low BMI e. A 69-year-old man with a history of dia-betes who is admitted for diabetic foot ulcers wearing dirty clothing and smells like urine
Which of the following produces the MOST striking physical manifestations of anxiety?
a. inhibition of the pituitary b. limbic connections to the autonomic nervous system c. understimulation of the singular gyrus d. temporal lobe activities
A nurse noted that 15 people became very ill while eating at the school banquet for the basketball team. To calculate the rate of illness, what other fact does the nurse need?
a. How many athletes were honored for being on the team b. How many parents and family members attended the banquet c. How many people ate at the banquet d. How many people live in the school district
Males differ from females in coping with chronic illness in that
a) their greater self?esteem causes them to cope with chronic illness better. b) they are more adherent to treatment regimen. c) they tend to be more threatened by the dependent, passive role they might have to take. d) men suffer fewer chronic illnesses.