When assessing patients with mental illness, the nurse anticipates their behavior to be:
a. very disruptive to a person in society.
b. differing from socially acceptable behavior.
c. causing the person to be involved in problems.
d. resulting from an inability to exercise control.
B
Mental illness can cause behavior that deviates from socially acceptable behavior.
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Which statement describes the way in which most groups are formed?
1. Members with common goals come together and start working on the group?s tasks. 2. People in the group work toward a common understanding of the purpose and member roles. 3. The informal leaders of the group make sure everyone knows the purpose to avoid conflict. 4. Relationship building is not necessary as the group forms because members already work together.
During a support group meeting focusing on strategies to manage symptoms, a patient asks the nurse leader how to deal with angry outbursts from a supervisor. Select the nurse's best action
a. Answer the question, and then move on to another topic. b. Offer to answer the question privately after the group session. c. Inform the patient that only illness-related problems can be discussed in the group. d. Matter-of-factly explain that the topic being discussed is the importance of medication.
The nurse has made an error and is documenting such on the client's record and notes. The action that the nurse should take is to:
1. Draw a straight line through the error and initial it. 2. Erase the error and write over the material in the same spot. 3. Use a dark color marker to cover the error and continue immediately after that point. 4. Footnote the error at the bottom of the page.
Untreated hyperglycemia may lead to all of the following complications except:
a. Hyperosmolar syndrome b Vitiligo c. Diabetic ketoacidosis d. Coma