The associate nurse in the local junior high school sees a group of students wearing identical T-shirts depicting a popular WWF wrestler. The principal has told the students the message is not appropriate for school apparel
The nurse recognizes the choice of clothing as a possible example of:
A) Compensation
B) Identification
C) Repression
D) Conversion
B
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A patient is scheduled for dialysis and is on a fluid restriction of 1000 mL/day. The nurse sees the patient drinking a 55-mL soft drink
The patient has already reached the maximum intake of fluid for the day and has been instructed on the risks of fluid overload. What action should the nurse take? A) Take the soft drink away from the patient and inform the dialysis nurse to remove extra fluid from the patient during their next dialysis treatment. B) Document the patient's behavior as noncompliant and notify the physician. C) Restrict the patient's fluid for the following day and communicate this information to the charge nurse. D) Reinforce the importance of the fluid restriction, and document the teaching and the intake of extra fluid.
The nurse is teaching a group of clients about preventing infection. To decrease the chance that a client might become a susceptible host, the nurse should teach the group to:
1. stay out in the sun for 3 hours a day. 2. consume a well-balanced healthy diet. 3. stay inside in the winter. 4. bathe several times a day.
An elderly female patient has presented to the emergency department with altered mental status, hypothermia, and clinical signs of heart failure. Myxedema is suspected. Which of the following laboratory findings support this diagnosis?
a. Elevated adrenocorticotropic hormone b. Elevated cortisol levels c. Elevated T3 and T4 d. Elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone
Which of the following is true about theoretical sampling?
a. All studies use theoretical sampling as a background for creating the sample. b. Grounded theory research frequently uses theoretical sampling to develop a selected theory. c. Subjects are selected to participate in a research study to match certain theory characteristics. d. Theoretical sampling is a little-used, but powerful method of creating a sample for quantitative research.