The home health nurse informs frustrated parents that daydreaming in the adolescent is usually harmless and normal and offers positive opportunities to: (Select all that apply.)
a. Act out imaginatively what cannot be done in real life
b. Avoid work
c. Express or identify strong feelings
d. Create a fantasy world to avoid real life
e. Decrease the sense of loneliness
A, C, E
Daydreaming provides an outlet for acting out situations that may not be available in day-to-day life. Daydreaming reduces the sense of loneliness that is part of the adolescent age. Daydreaming to the exclusion of everything else or to avoid work might signal a problem.
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A) Suicide prevention programs with direct interventions B) Teachers assessing suicide risk among students C) Promotion of stronger parental control of teens D) Punitive treatment of teens by the school administration
An older woman has severe osteoporosis in the long bones, impaired mobility, and chronic pain. Which acute illness or condition is this woman most likely to experience as a result of osteopo-rosis?
a. Peripheral neuro-pathy c. Intertrochanteric fracture b. Chronic stable de-pression d. Opioid analgesic addiction
The nurse is meeting with a family that is facing the death of their father. The family tells the nurse they are looking for ways to help him and themselves during this period. In order to help this family, what would the nurse need to do first?
A) Assess the faith needs of the group B) Diagnose any faith-related problems and evaluate their ability to provide spiritual care for themselves C) Inform the family it is out of the nurse's scope of care to provide spiritual guidance D) Contact clergy to provide professional guidance
The adult client is effectively demonstrating concepts of wellness, self-responsibility, and decision making through which of the following actions?
1. Planning a menu that includes large portions of an assortment of foods from each of the food groups. 2. Decreasing the number of cigarettes smoked from 3 packs per day to 1.5 packs per day. 3. Practicing sexual abstinence or using a condom during sexual intercourse. 4. Walking at a pace of 3 to 4.5 mph for 15 minutes 3 times per week.