An infant is going through the toys in his toy box. He looks at each one before dropping it to the floor and picking the next toy out of the box. Using a growth and development perspective, which of the following conclusions can the nurse draw by assessing this behavior?
a. The infant is testing his limits.
b. The infant is exploring his environment.
c. The infant is expressing his emotions.
d. The infant is developing fine motor skills.
Answer: b. The infant is exploring his environment.
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a. culture c. race b. acculturation d. cultural ethnicity
The community health nurse is teaching a group of adults about crisis experienced by various populations. Which statement by one of the group members indicates that the nurse's teaching has been effective?
1. "A good example of an adventitious crisis is a complicated divorce." 2. "I will be aware that maturational crisis may occur more frequently among my older adult patients." 3. "Patients with chronic illness are at greater risk for situational crisis than individuals without chronic illness." 4. "Adventitious crisis may occur in patients who have miscarried during pregnancy or have delivered a preterm infant."
Paraphrasing is the restating of another author's work in your own words and does not require in-text citations
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
To decrease the threat of a pressure ulcer, the nurse instructs a person who is in a wheelchair for long periods to:
a. reposition self every 2 hours. b. lift weight on the arms of the chair every 15 minutes. c. massage bony prominences of the buttocks and hips. d. use a donut device to keep weight off of the buttocks.