You have collected extensive data and you have decided that your client has ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). You are weighing potential actions to take to help this child. In posing alternative solutions, you are using which thinking skill
1. total recall
2. habit mode
3. critical thinking
4. thinking about thinking
ANS: 3
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a. Live life without regret and die well b. Reach a state of wealth and superfluous social interaction c. Withdraw and disengage from life's many hardships d. Become more involved with the self rather than others
Which statement is most accurate regarding the assessment of clients diagnosed with psychiatric problems?
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Before inserting a nasogastric tube, the nurse reassures the client. Reassuring the client requires which type of nursing skill?
1) Psychomotor 2) Interpersonal 3) Cognitive 4) Critical thinking
What will a nurse do when performing indirect percussion of an area of a client's body during a physical examination?
1. Place the middle finger of the non-dominant hand on the client's skin. 2. Use the tip of the flexed middle finger of the other hand to strike the middle finger of the non-dominant hand. 3. Perform a striking motion by moving the wrist. 4. Perform short, rapid, firm blows. 5. Use a stethoscope to transmit sounds to the ears.