The nurse is leading a discussion group when a client asks who determines what is mentally healthy and what is not. The nurse's best response explains that mental health and mental illness are defined:
1. Essentially the same throughout the world.
2. Differently as culture and society change attitudes.
3. According to whatever the client believes is right.
4. According to the definition in the dictionary.
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Rationale: While there are certain characteristics common to the mentally healthy individual, mental illness is often defined differently in different cultures, and is based on societal beliefs of what is right and wrong.
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1. Provide frequent massages to improve peripheral circulation. 2. Avoid use of any narcotic that could reduce CNS function. 3. Remember that care must be provided as gently as possible, to prevent pain. 4. Teeth should be brushed with a 2X2 to reduce risk of bleeding.
The nursing student is obtaining the patient's vital signs. The patient has gone to the clinic seeking help because she is having chest pain. Which of the following vital signs are most im-portant to obtain?
a. Temperature, pulse, respirations b. Temperature, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturation c. Temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, oxygen saturation d. Temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pain
An older patient is experiencing a change in mood. For which medications should the nurse assess as the possible cause of this patient's cognitive change? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Steroids 2. NSAIDs 3. Antibiotics 4. Benzodiazepines 5. Antihypertensives
A deliberate deception for the purpose of securing an unfair or unlawful gain is:
a. assault. c. battery. b. fraud. d. intentional tort(s).