A female client is being seen in the emergency room after being physically abused by her husband. The nurse, acting as an advocate for the client, explains to the client the importance of being empowered to leave the abusive situation
Which of the following theorists' works most explicitly promotes empowerment of the client?
A) Roy
B) Peplau
C) Parse
D) Orem
Ans: C
Parse's theory bears witness to the client's experience and respects the individual's capacity for self-knowing and assists the client in cocreating a valuable space for the client to voice the lived experience of health.
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1. Baseball 2. Basketball 3. Football 4. Swimming
Mission statements should be written according to certain guidelines. Which of the following are some of these guidelines? Select all that apply
a. no longer than a couple of sentences b. states the organization's purpose using action words c. covers a variety of activities and spans a broad time frame d. should be simple and from the heart
A woman is receiving physical therapy after surgery to repair a hip fracture. She tells the therapist before therapy begins that she expects therapy to be very painful. She rates her pain as 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 before therapy
Three minutes into the treatment session, the patient complains of excruciating pain rated as 10 and says she cannot tolerate exercise any longer. The therapist is concerned with the amount of pain, because severe pain is not expected during that form of exercise. The therapist considers the patient could be experiencing: a. Phantom limb pain b. Ineffective pain medication c. A nocebo effect d. A complication from the surgery
Over the past 2 decades, there has been a trend toward:
a. increased osteoporosis. b. preservation of height. c. obesity in older adults. d. preservation of muscle mass.