After a client discusses her relationship with her father, the nurse asks "Tell me if I am understanding your relationship with your father. You feel dominated and controlled by him?" The nurse's purpose is to
A. elicit more information.
B. encourage evaluation.
C. verbalize the implied.
D. Clarify message.
Ans: D. Clarify message.
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a. Extended education b. Theoretical body of knowledge c. Code of ethics for practice d. Practice developments e. Provision of a specific service
After receiving a low score on an exam, the nursing student should use which of these approaches for improving test-taking skills?
a. doing most of your studying just before the test b. engaging in meditation c. balancing your intake of food and activity before a test d. analyzing why you gave any wrong answers
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a. Selection of medication times b. Availability of his own small electrical appliances c. Smoking in the privacy of his own room d. Application of advance directives
The nurse assessing a client with sickle cell anemia would recognize the common manifestation of the disease is
a. confusion. b. diarrhea. c. hypertension. d. leg ulcers.