When caring for clients who have experienced paralysis due to acute spinal cord injury, the nurse remembers the following guidelines that might help those who are grieving: Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Talking will help the mourner heal.
2. Grief can bring mixed emotions.
3. Grieving takes a great deal of energy.
4. Grief is a process.
5. Powerful surges of grief are dysfunctional.
1,2,3,4
Rationale: Talking with supportive others will help with the resolution of the grieving process.
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A nurse is caring for a patient with a phagocytic cell disorder. The patient states, "My specialist says that I will likely be cured after I get my treatment tomorrow." To what treatment is the patient most likely referring?
A) Treatment with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) B) Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation C) Treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) D) Brachytherapy
Which is an example of an actual diagnosis?
a. Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity Related to Inability to Change Positions b. Potential for Enhanced Nutrition c. Fluid Volume Deficit Related to Nausea and Vomiting d. Risk for Infection Related to Indwelling Urinary Catheter
Interpret the given notations
1,000 mcg
During a physical exam, a 12-year-old girl expresses concern to the nurse that her breasts are different sizes. Which response would be most appropriate for the nurse?
a. "This happens normally to many girls your age. Full breast development takes an average of three years." b. "I can talk with your mother about a referral to a physician who can perform further examination and tests." c. "Have you started your menstrual periods yet, because breast development is irregular until menstruation begins." d. "This is called ‘precocious breast development' and your breasts will become more equal just before your growth spurt starts."