The nurse is scheduled to provide care in a rural clinic that sees patients who have been displaced. For which reason should the nurse assess the cultural domain of a patient who escaped from a home country during the NATO-Bosnian conflict?
1. Determine effects of secondary trauma
2. Identify symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder
3. Analyze the number and amount of support persons
4. Assess for marginalization because of being an immigrant
4. Assess for marginalization because of being an immigrant
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A) Gallop B) Scratching or leathery sound C) Whistling sound D) Systolic click
The nurse encourages the recovering alcoholic to participate in group therapy because of the major and long-lasting benefit of:
a. development of improved social skills. b. progression toward sobriety. c. provision of a sense of belonging. d. increasing self-discipline.
When comparing the development of a number of children, you would expect which aspect of developmental change to be the same in all the children?
a. basic sequence of changes b. onset of each change c. length of each change d. response
Although T.W.'s injury is at a level where independent respiratory function is expected, he experiences low
oxygen saturation levels and is placed on a mechanical ventilator. The physician states that this is because of spinal shock. How would you explain spinal shock to T.W.'s family and why T.W. requires mechanical ventilation at this time?