An approach to making health care more readily available to certain populations by implementing health education, counseling, or support services in places where people normally
congregate, such as places of worship, schools, workplaces, and community centers, is called:
a. Case finding
b. Wrap-around services
c. Outreach
d. Comprehensive services
ANS: C
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a. Try to argue with the patient about his beliefs. b. Separate the patient from family, visitors, or religious leaders who support the patient's beliefs. c. Lecture the patient about the fact that these beliefs may be harmful to self and may result in death. d. Show respect for the patient's right to his own belief system. Notify the nursing supervisor and possibly obtain an ethics committee consultation.
The old description of mental disorders where symptoms are so marked and incapacitating that the person who is afflicted is out of touch with reality is known as a:
a. neurosis. b. somatic condition. c. psychosis. d. breakdown.
The nurse suspects a client has received too much phenylephrine (Neo-Synephrine). Which findings support the nurse's suspicion?
A. The client's heart rate has increased from 72 bpm to 114 bpm. B. The client reports feeling anxious. C. The client's blood pressure has increased from 140/86 mmHg to 180/98 mmHg. D. The client's stools are dark and tarry. E. The client reports burning at the injection site.
A patient is told by her doctor that she has a terminal illness and has six months to live. When she gets home, her daughter asks what the doctor said. The patient replies that she got a "clean bill of health." This patient is in the ________ stage of the grieving process
A) denial B) depression C) bargaining D) anger