If a penny-pinching patient rationalizes personal behavior, a nurse will expect that the patient is most likely to:
a. call other people wasteful.
b. start spending money liberally.
c. claim to exemplify the virtue of thrift.
d. give vast amounts of money to charity on death.
C
Rationalization is the offering of a socially acceptable or apparently logical reason as a justification for an unacceptable impulse, feeling, behavior, or motive.
You might also like to view...
An older adult client is in the hospital. To what government resource would the nurse refer the client to help meet the cost of health care?
a. Preferred provider organizations b. Health maintenance organizations c. Medicare Part A d. Medicare Part B
From which sources can passive immunity be acquired?
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Immunoglobulin 2. Maternal antibodies 3. Immunizations 4. Inoculation 5. Blood transfusions
A nurse is admitting a patient to a hospital unit and is taking a history. The patient reports taking alprazolam (Xanax) for "nerves." The nurse knows that this patient is most likely being treated for which condition?
a. Generalized anxiety disorder b. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) c. Panic disorder d. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
When giving IV quinolones, the nurse needs to keep in mind that these drugs may have serious interactions with which drugs?
A. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants B. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs C. Oral anticoagulants D. Antihypertensives