During a visit to the clinic for an annual gynecologic examination, a patient tells the nurse that she had a bad experience on an airplane, saying, "When I sat down, my heart started racing,
I was short of breath and sweaty, and I felt as if I was going to die." She stated that her husband helped her to calm down after a few minutes. The nurse recognizes that the patient was describing which problem?
a. Bipolar disorder, manic phase
b. Moderate anxiety
c. Panic
d. Delusions
ANS: C
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a. Biologic b. Matriarchal c. Cultural d. Patriarchal
Which of the following colors and sounds would have a healing effect on a client suffering from sinus congestion?
a. The color red and the sound "ha" b. The color yellow and the sound "ya" c. The color green and the sound "hum" d. The color blue and the sound "ah"
The longitudinal study and the prospective study are similar for which reason?
a. Each moves forward in time. b. Each has an experimental focus. c. Each is able to establish causal relationships. d. Each selects different samples from the same population at various periods of time.
Nursing interventions should be documented according to specific criteria in order that they may be clearly understood by other members of the nursing team. The most appropriate of the fol-lowing intervention statements is:
1. Offer fluids to the client q2h 2. Observe the client's respirations 3. Change the client's dressing daily 4. Irrigate the nasogastric tube q2h with 30 ml normal saline