A nurse is caring for a patient who has become depressed because her children have gone away to college. The nurse assesses this type of depression as __________ loss
A. actual
B. perceived
C. situational
D. maturational
D
An actual loss is any loss of a person or object that an individual can no longer feel, hear, know, or experience. Perceived loss is any loss that is uniquely defined by the grieving patient. Situational loss includes any sudden, unpredictable external event.
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The laboratory reports for a client who is taking clozapine show a white blood cell count of 3000
mm3 and a granulocyte count of 1500 mm3 . The nurse should a. give the next dose as ordered. b. report the laboratory results to the physician. c. repeat the laboratory tests. d. give aspirin and force fluids.
When educating a student nurse about safety communication improvement solutions, the nursing instructor recognizes that additional teaching is warranted when the student nurse lists which of the following as a safety communication improvement solution?
a. Adopting technology-oriented tools b. Using standardized verbal and electronic communication tools c. Disempowering clients to be partners in safer care d. Participating in team training communication seminars
If the phone book is next to the telephone, it is not necessary to maintain a list of emergency numbers.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A 10-year-old male is diagnosed with a parasite. Which lab result should the nurse check for a response to the parasite?
a. Monocytes b. Eosinophils c. Neutrophils d. Macrophages