A psychiatric nurse is suffering from burnout. What effect would be expected on patients under this nurse's care? Patients will probably feel
a. safe.
b. empowered.
c. impaired trust in the nurse.
d. universality with the nurse.
C
A nurse who is burned out will not spend adequate time with patients, which reduces trust. Patients feel devalued, demoralized, and powerless, and they express low levels of satisfaction with care. The patient's sense of safety and security is jeopardized. The patient looks to the nurse as a caregiver; universality is not desirable in this instance.
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Spaces between the cranial bones accommodate:
a. brain growth. b. cartilage formation. c. muscular expansion. d. nerve regeneration.