You are caring for a patient who has the rare diagnosis of psychogenic or dissociative fugue. You read up on this diagnosis and determine an appropriate nursing intervention to:
A) Initiate suicide precautions
B) Identify with patient/client choices for stress reduction
C) Invite the client to tell the detailed story of the experience
D) Initiate intervention to confront his avoidance behaviors
B
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When the nurse is preparing a tepid bath for a patient, the water temperature should be:
a. 98.6° F. b. 100.2° F. c. 104.8° F. d. 110.4° F.
Which of the following are the correctly included in the evaluation of pulmonary symptoms? Select all that apply
1. Severity 2. Associated factors 3. Duration 4. Pressure 5. Relief
The nurse understands that apomorphine is sometimes used for clients with Parkinson's disease:
a. to facilitate restfulness. b. as a rapid "rescue" from a "frozen" state. c. to reverse the depressive effects of acetylcholine. d. as an analgesic for painful muscle spasms.
What task would have been a responsibility of a nurse who was employed by the Marine Hospital Service?
a. Setting policy on quarantine legislation for immigrants b. Establishing hospital-based programs to care for the sick at home c. Identifying and improving environmental conditions d. Providing health care for merchant seamen