During therapeutic play, a 4-year-old child draws a girl with a head and body but no arms or legs. Your best action in response to this would be to
A) alert the girl's physician that she must not be adjusting well to the hospital.
B) urge nurses not to give the girl injections in her legs or arms after this.
C) tell the girl to finish the drawing.
D) appreciate that 4-year-olds often draw people with only three or four body parts.
D
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A) Abnormal or nonexistent progression through the grieving process B) Nightmares and/or sleeplessness C) Confusion and restlessness D) Preoccupation with death as a concept
An older client is demonstrating signs of a brain attack. What will the nurse do to assess the degree of cerebral infarct?
1. Assess the client's ability to cry 2. Assess the client's motor strength 3. Assess the client's ability to sleep 4. Assess the client's ability to digest food
Which findings would suggest to the nurse that the balloon of a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) has ruptured? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. No pulmonary artery occlusion pressure tracing appears when the balloon is inflated. 2. Blood is noted in the air inflation port. 3. It is not possible to pull air back out of the balloon with the syringe. 4. A right bundle branch block appears on the electrocardiogram tracing. 5. The normal pulmonary artery waveform does not return after obtaining the pulmonary artery occlusion pressure.
Medicare uses a prospective payment plan based on diagnosis-related groups (DRGs). What are DRGs?
A) Locally supported health care financing, usually by donations B) A public assistance program for low-income individuals C) Predetermined payment for services based on medical diagnoses D) A private insurance plan for subscribers who pay a copayment