Your neighbor, a 25-year-old friend of yours, was beaten severely by a group of young men after a basketball game. One day later, his mother is frantic. He has disappeared. One month later, the police in another state call. They have found him
Your friend is returned home but recognizes nobody and does not recall the incident. He most like has: (SELECT ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY)
A) Psychogenic fugue
B) Psychogenic amnesia
C) Depersonalization disorder
D) Dissociative identity disorder
E) Schizophrenia
F) Dementia
A, B
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a. Takes a manual blood pressure b. Administers a subcutaneous injection c. Prepares an implanted port for IV insertion d. States that the axillary area will be clothed
The nurse is working with several clients in a fitness setting. Which client is meeting the age-appropriate recommendations for physical activity developed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)?
1. A 37-year-old who lifts weights for one hour twice per week. 2. A 42-year-old who walks at a slow pace for 60 minutes 4 days per week. 3. A 45-year-old who walks briskly for 30 minutes 6 days per week. 4. A 57-year-old who swims for 20 minutes twice per week.
The nurse conducting a physical assessment on a client with ascorbic acid (vitamin C) deficiency would assess that the clinical manifestation associated with this problem is
a. bumpy or scaly skin. b. ecchymotic skin lesions. c. extremity edema. d. muscle tetany.
A 68-year-old woman with COPD has come to the clinic for a routine follow-up visit. The nurse escorts the patient to an examination room and measures vital signs. The nurse would expect the patient's vital signs to be what?
A) Higher than normal B) Lower than normal C) WNL D) The nurse would not routinely take this patient's vital signs