The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for the family of a client who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder
After teaching them about potential indicators for relapse, the nurse determines that the teaching was effective when they identify which of the following as suggesting mania? Select all that apply.
A) Avoiding people
B) Sleeping more than usual
C) Talking faster than usual
D) Being hungry all the time
E) Reading several books at once
B
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A patient with a severe head injury begins to assume a posture of flexed upper extremities, with plantarflexed lower extremities. What do these assessments indicate?
a. Increasing intracranial pressure (ICP) with decorticate posturing b. Decreasing ICP with decerebrate postur-ing c. Decreasing ICP with decorticate posturing d. Increasing ICP with decerebrate posturing
The health-oriented perspective views:
a. health as the absence of disease. b. human lifestyle based on one's prescribed regime. c. humans as complex and interconnected with the environment. d. community education as the role of the registered nurse.
Nurses made many contributions to the care of Civil War soldiers. A nurse who understood this, would state which of the following?
a. "Nurses established a safe haven for sol-diers from the battlefield.". b. "Nurses provided a clean environment with food and water.". c. "Nurses began medication administration on the battlefield.". d. "Nurses organized the men to care for other injured soldiers.".
There are several features of an ideal nursing intervention. What does salient mean in the ideal nursing intervention?
A) Addressing a pressing problem B) Leading to improved client outcomes C) Avoiding any adverse outcomes, burdens, or stress D) Demonstrating sensitivity to various groups