MC An important consideration for the community health nurse to address societal violence is to
A. Advocate for gun control in the community.
B. Ensure that adolescent males in the community are aware of suicide risks.
C. Assess for environmental factors that could lead to violence.
D. Ask all female members of the community if they have been abused.
C. Assess for environmental factors that could lead to violence.
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Which statement made by a nurse indicates an understanding of the basic premises of psychobiology?
1. "All mental disorders can now be fully classified and cured with biological interventions." 2. "By focusing on the biologic sciences, we will diminish the art of psychiatric–mental health nursing." 3. "Because of the advances in psychobiology, the role of psychiatric–mental health nurses focuses primarily on medication monitoring." 4. "Genetics, immunology, biorhythms, brain structure, and brain biochemistry all influence mental disorders."
The nurse assesses a client with a history of alcoholism who is hospitalized with anorexia, dysphagia, odynophagia, and chest pressure after eating. Which nursing diagnosis is a priority for this client?
A) Ineffective Coping B) Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements C) Disturbed Sensory Perception D) Disturbed Thought Processes
Newman's focus is on
A. Healing the patient. B. Doing research. C. Partnering with the patient. D. Partnering with the doctor to fix the patient.
The nurse is caring for a 4-year-old boy with Ewing sarcoma who is scheduled for a computed axial tomography (CAT) scan tomorrow. Which is the best example of therapeutic communication?
A) Telling him he will get a shot when he wakes up tomorrow morning B) Telling him how cool he looks in his baseball cap and pajamas C) Using family-familiar words and soft words when possible D) Describing what it is like to get a CAT scan using words he understands