A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The nurse would expect which priority nursing diagnosis in the care plan?
A) Self-esteem disturbance, related to unmet dependency needs
B) Risk for violence, self-directed, related to self-mutilating behaviors
C) Impaired communication, related to social withdrawal
D) Impaired social interaction, related to indifference toward others
B
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Through self-talk, the nurse tells herself that she is able to care for the newly admitted critically ill client. This type of communication is considered:
a. intrapersonal. c. small group. b. interpersonal. d. organizational group.
A researcher would choose a preexperimental approach if ethical constraints prevented manipulation of the independent variable
A) True B) False
The 2008 WHO Primary Health Care: Now More Than Ever Report reflected the ongoing commitment to the Alma-Ata Declaration and identified four reforms necessary to achieving the "health for all" goal. Which reform would meet this commitment?
A) Universal access to physical health protection B) Service delivery reforms to reorganize health services around people's needs and expectations C) Universal health care insurance reforms D) Leadership reforms to promote more inclusive and autocratic leadership
In discussing the long-term effects of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, the nurse would include the information that:
a. There are no long-term effects b. The disease is likely to recur c. Deformity of the femoral head may result in arthritis d. There is a risk of osteogenic sarcoma in adulthood