A patient's family is exhibiting increasingly impaired coping as the patient's condition deteriorates. The nurse asks the family to state the biggest concern from their perspective. What is the most important rationale for this question?
A) The question indicates active listening on the part of the nurse.
B) The question is used as a way to validate the family's knowledge.
C) The question clarifies the nurse's understanding of current family needs.
D) The question promotes problem definition, which helps define the degree of family understanding.
D
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The client with bulimia is experiencing anxiety. What action should the nurse take to assist the client to avoid binge eating and purging in response to the anxiety?
1. Assume a matter-of-fact attitude and positive expectations of the client. 2. Project a calm reassuring attitude and provide a quiet non-stimulating environment. 3. Contract for safety since the client is likely to engage in self-injurious behavior. 4. Maintain total control of the environment and project an attitude of authority.
What situation is most conducive to learning?
a. A teacher who speaks very little Spanish is teaching a class of Latino students. b. A class is composed of students of various ages and educational backgrounds. c. An auditorium is being used as a classroom for 300 students. d. An Asian nurse provides nutritional information to a group of pregnant Asian women.
A psychiatric–mental health nurse is working with a family whose daughter has bipolar disorder. In the family consultation role, what action will the nurse perform during the focus stage?
A) Elicit the family's priorities for their daughter's care and treatment. B) Assess for family patterns of mental illness. C) Suggest tangible strategies that the family can use to cope with the daughter's behavior. D) Role-play methods of communicating effectively with the daughter.
A physician's order calls for 400 mg amoxicillin t.i.d. for 10 days. The pharmacy has a 150 mg/5 mL stock concentration. What volume, in milliliters, of stock concentration is needed to fill the prescription?
A. 13.3 B. 30.3 C. 250 D. 400