For most people, being hospitalized is seen as a(n)
1. crisis.
2. annoyance.
3. chance to rest.
4. expensive hotel.
1
The crisis of hospitalization is about being removed from one's familiar home environment to be cared for by strangers in an impersonal, uncomfortable setting.
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Emergency psychiatric hospitalization for a severely ill, involuntarily admitted client includes
1. time in jail. 2. a formal petition. 3. an appointed guardian. 4. an examination by four physicians.
The nurse is teaching a client to self-inject insulin. Whenever the client completes a step of the process correctly, the nurse smiles and says, "Good, good, you are learning this well."
Whose learning theory is this nurse using? 1. Gagne 2. Piaget 3. Skinner 4. Lewin
When preparing insulin for injection, the nurse should first:
a. put on disposable gloves. c. check the insulin prescription. b. wash hands. d. cleanse the vial stopper.
A patient 3 months post-transplant is experiencing a sore mouth and throat and is having trouble eating. Upon assessment the nurse sees white patches on the mucous membranes. This patient has probably developed what opportunistic infection?
1. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) 2. Epstein-Barr virus 3. Candidiasis 4. Staphylococcal pneumonia