The school nurse recommends that the parents of a student seek help because the student is constantly in trouble and recently has set several small fires on school grounds. What health problem does the school nurse suspect?
1. Depression
2. Conduct disorder
3. Oppositional defiant disorder
4. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
2. Conduct disorder
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These behaviors are characteristic of which stage of Homans's group process? 1. Norming 2. Storming 3. Performing 4. Forming
A family is informed that the brain damage to their daughter is irreversible. The father is later overheard making vacation plans and discussing what the family will do when his daughter leaves the hospital
The nurse recognizes the father is in which crisis stage? a. High anxiety b. Denial c. Reconciliation d. Adaptation
When communicating with hospitalized infants and toddlers, the nurse knows
a. she should use long sentences with soothing words. b. she cannot communicate with a preverbal infant. c. moving to the child's eye level and maintaining eye contact are important. d. she should pick up an 18-month-old infant immediately.
The nurse is caring for a patient who has developed an increased temperature during the first 24 hours postoperatively. Which of these actions is a priority for the nurse to take?
a. Providing passive range of motion exercises b. Encouraging coughing and deep breathing c. Giving antipyretic medication d. Restricting oral fluids