A busy attorney with a successful law practice is admitted to an acute care facility with epigastric pain. Since admission, the client has called the nurse every 15 minutes with one request or another. This client is most likely exhibiting:
A. repression.
B. somatization.
C. regression.
D. conversion.
Ans: C. regression.
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The nurse is reviewing concepts of cultural aspects of pain. Which statement is true regarding pain?
a. All patients will behave the same way when in pain. b. Just as patients vary in their perceptions of pain, so will they vary in their expressions of pain. c. Cultural norms have very little to do with pain tolerance, because pain tolerance is always biologically determined. d. A patient's expression of pain is largely dependent on the amount of tissue injury associated with the pain.
The nurse is caring for a client admitted with an infection of the ureters. The nurse realizes this infection could include which of the following structures of the kidney?
1. Capsule 2. Cortex 3. Medulla 4. Pelvis
The newly admitted client has contractures of both lower extremities. What nursing intervention should be included in this client's plan of care?
1. Frequent position changes to reverse the contractures 2. Exercises to strengthen flexor muscles 3. Range of motion exercises to prevent worsening of contractures 4. Weight-bearing activities to stimulate joint relaxation
The ________ is a collection of nerve axons that travel to and from the brain.
A. cerebellum B. medulla oblongata C. amygdala D. spinal cord