When preparing the plan of care for a forensic client, a nurse determines not to investigate the details of the crime. Which of the following best supports the rationale for the nurse's decision?
A) Knowing the crime details would be extremely frightening for the nurse.
B) Denying the crime details will help to protect the nurse from undue anxiety.
C) It will keep the nurse's attitudes about the crime from influencing care.
D) It will help maintain proper professional boundaries between the nurse and the client.
C
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When explaining the concept of disability to a local community group, which of the following descriptions would be most appropriate for the nurse to include?
A) A disability is a condition someone has, not something one is. B) The plan of care for two persons with the same disability would be the same. C) A disability refers to a person's inability to do something. D) Handicap and disability are two terms that go hand in hand.
What best demonstrates the student nurse performing in an ethical manner in the clinical setting?
1. Performing procedures as taught 2. Talking with patients 3. Using the personal cell phone as infrequently as possible 4. Visiting with family members
The family of a patient with Alzheimer disease asks the nurse, "When will my mother quit being so confused?" On what information regarding dementia should the nurse base a response?
a. It is a short-term confusional state that is typically reversible. b. It is a state of confusion caused primarily by medications. c. It is a state of confusion that usually be-gins abruptly and lasts a short period. d. It is a syndrome that is chronic and irre-versible.
Common causative organisms for the infection causing sinusitis are: (Select all that apply.)
a. pneumococci. b. Pseudomonas. c. staphylococci. d. Haemophilus influenzae. e. streptococci.