What is the most compelling reason for health professionals to be educated in the area of gerontology?
a) to address the comprehensive nursing shortage
b) to make an increase in salary
c) to prepare to be challenged by the educated baby boomers
d) to prepare to care for the growing number of older persons in the population
D
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The spouse of a patient recently diagnosed with terminal cancer has voiced concerns about her husband's continual denial of his disease. When planning a response to her, which of the following should the nurse consider?
1. There is a limited amount of time left in the patient's life so the denial must be rapidly worked through. 2. It will be helpful to plan an intervention to force the patient to acknowledge his disease. 3. It may be helpful for the patient's emotional state at this time to be in a state of denial. 4. Denial is abnormal and the patient needs to have a consultation with a therapist.
Persistent observation concerns the salience of data being gathered and contributes to data credibility
A) True B) False
Which of the following would indicate to the nurse–therapist that a family is in the assessment stage of the initial interview according to Jay Haley?
A) The family members remember the therapist's name. B) The family members express individual and family concerns. C) The therapist explores additional problems and concerns. D) The therapist synthesizes the information received.
In which pregnancy category are almost all vaccines?
1. C 2. X 3. D 4. B