The nurse shows an understanding of the primary factor that facilitates the adjustment to the loss of a spouse when asking
a. "Are you planning to continue to run your flower shop?"
b. "How long were you and your spouse married?"
c. "Does your son and his family live near-by?"
d. "Do you consider yourself a religious person?"
A
For those who have strong social support and established patterns of independent interaction out-side the lost relationship, the adjustment process toward creating new social roles and interac-tions may occur more quickly.
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Nurses have a duty to inflict no harm as well as prevent and remove harm when caring for their patients. This is an example of which ethical principle?
A) Fidelity B) Nonmaleficence C) Justice D) Confidentiality
A child will receive 750 mg of an antibiotic for 10 days. The child attends day care. The drug may be dosed in several ways and is available in two concentrations. Which dosing regimen will the nurse discuss with the child's provider?
a. 250 mg/5 mL–375 mg PO twice daily b. 250 mg/5 mL–250 mg PO three times daily c. 500 mg/5 mL–250 mg PO three times daily d. 500 mg/5 mL–375 mg PO twice daily
Two men who are strangers on opposing teams might grapple together on a football field but they would never think of allowing their bodies to come into contact in the shower after the game. This is an example of what?
1. awareness 2. paralanguage 3. personal space 4. body language
A client diagnosed with essential hypertension asks how this type of hypertension develops. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "There is no known cause for this type of hypertension." B. "You have an underlying condition that caused your hypertension." C. "The steroids you were taking may have caused your hypertension." D. "You were born with a congenital narrowing of the aorta that caused your hyper-tension."