The term bereavement is best defined as a
A) Psychological response to a loss
B) Socially conventional behavior after a loss
C) Period of time after a loss of a loved one
D) State of desolation that occurs after a loss
Ans: D
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a. Watson b. Roy c. King d. Orem
An elderly client with a history of congestive heart failure has a low-grade fever. Which of the following should the nurse do?
1. Restrict fluids. 2. Notify the physician. 3. Provide warm blankets. 4. Encourage out of bed to ambulate.
The nurse is teaching a new mother about the drastic growth and developmental changes her infant will experience in the first year of life. Which statement describes a developmental milestone occurring in infancy?
A) By 6 months of age the infant's brain weighs half that of the adult brain; at age 12 months, the brain weighs 2.5 times what it did at birth. B) Most infants triple their birthweight by 4 to 6 months of age and quadruple their birthweight by the time they are 1 year old. C) The head circumference increases rapidly during the first 6 months: the average increase is about 1 inch per month. D) The heart triples in size over the first year of life; the average pulse rate decreases from 120 to 140 in the newborn to about 100 in the 1-year-old.
After cardiac surgery, a client's blood pressure measures 126/80. The nurse determines that the mean arterial pressure (MAP) is which of the following?
a. 46 mm Hg b. 80 mm Hg c. 95 mm Hg d. 90 mm Hg