A hospitalized patient who refuses to eat because she fears that the kitchen personnel are poisoning her food is experiencing
A) Hallucinations
B) Anorexia
C) Agoraphobia
D) Delusions
Ans: D
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a. Homelessness b. Lower income c. Migrant status d. Working parents e. Single parent status
A woman is acting as primary caregiver for her husband, who is on hospice care. The wife needs to keep her own physician's appointment. What advice should the nurse give?
1. "Your husband should be okay for a couple of hours on his own.". 2. "Can your daughter take off from work to stay with your husband?" 3. "Hospice can provide a caregiver to be with your husband while you are at your appointment.". 4. "Maybe you can delay your appointment until someone can stay with your husband.".
A belief that one's own culture is superior is
a. racism c. ethnocentrism b. stereotyping d. acculturation
A patient with a spinal cord injury is seeking to enhance urinary elimination abilities by learning self-catheterization versus assisted catheterization by home health nurses and family members
The nurse adds Readiness for enhanced urinary elimination in the care plan. Which type of diagnosis did the nurse write? a. Risk b. Problem focused c. Health promotion d. Collaborative problem