A 67-year-old lawyer who has received a diagnosis of major depression and is taking fluoxetine (Prozac?) threatens suicide by overdose. In creating the care plan for this client, which should a nurse identify as the priority nursing diagnosis?
A) Risk for self-mutilation related to low self-esteem
B) Risk for suicide related to depressed mood
C) Complicated grieving related to unresolved loss
D) Powerlessness related to complicated grieving process
B
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A 26-year-old woman has come for preconception counseling and asks about caring for her cat, because she has heard that she "should not touch the cat during pregnancy." Which of the following is the nurse's best response?
A. "If someone else changes the litter box you should be okay." B. "It is more important to avoid eating raw vegetables now." C. "That is correct; in fact, you should give the cat away." D. "You probably already have had toxoplasmosis from the cat."
A nurse teaches a patient about sulfonamides. Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?
a. "I need to drink extra fluids while taking this medication." b. "I need to use sunscreen when taking this drug." c. "I should call my provider if I develop a rash while taking this drug." d. "I should stop taking this drug when my symptoms are gone."
In follow-up appointments or visits with parents and their new baby, it is useful if the nurse can identify infant behaviors that can either facilitate or inhibit attachment. Which of the fol-lowing is an inhibiting behavior?
1. The infant cries only when hungry or wet. 2. The infant's activity is somewhat predictable. 3. The infant clings to the parents. 4. The infant seeks attention from any adult in the room.
The sudden twisting of the spermatic cord causes a surgical emergency called:
A. prepuce. B. spermatocele. C. torsion. D. progenitalis.