In planning care for clients who somatize, an appropriate long-term outcome for treatment would be that the client will:
A) Assume responsibility for self-care activities
B) Develop alternative coping mechanisms
C) Learn new diversional recreation patterns
D) Resume home maintenance activities
B
Feedback: The development of alternative coping mechanisms is the outcome that will decrease the client's somatic way of coping.
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Which of the following statements about defibrillation are correct? (Select all that apply.)
a. Early defibrillation (if warranted) is recommended before other actions. b. It is not necessary to ensure that personnel are clear of the patient if hands-off defibrillation is used. c. It is not necessary to synchronize the defibrillation shocks. d. Paddles/patches can be placed anteriorly and posteriorly on the chest.
The nurse is performing an assessment on a 70-year-old client. Which of the following findings will warrant further investigation?
1. Slight bulging along the lower eyelids 2. Reduced perspiration 3. Reduced sebum production 4. Large white spots on the upper arms and trunk
Quantitative research methods may be somewhat less useful in nursing because of which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Qualitative methods are the preferred method to study nursing phenomena. b. Nursing ethics require more stringent controls than are required by quantitative methods. c. Many phenomena of interest to nurses are not amenable to study in tightly controlled circumstances. d. The complexity of human beings makes it difficult to break problems into statements that can be tested. e. Patient perceptions of experiences may have significant effects on their health behaviors.
Travis coined the term wellness to help bring to mind the idea of health as holistic rather than merely the absence of disease or illness. Name one of the five dimensions of wellness
What will be an ideal response?