Your client has just passed away, and his wife is sobbing hysterically. You recognize her behavior as:
1. dysfunctional grief.
2. normal grieving.
3. denial.
4. anticipatory grief.
ANS: 2
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Convert 115% to a decimal: __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
On the first day post-burn, the body's fluid reserves have left the circulating volume and entered the interstitial space, causing massive edema. The nurse monitors the burn victim very closely for:
a. Increasing intracranial pressure b. Reduced urine output c. Eschar formation d. Fluid overload