A pediatric nurse is assessing a child with oppositional defiant disorder. What essential feature distinguishes oppositional defiant disorder from other disorders?
A) Gender ratio
B) Passive–aggressiveness
C) Violence toward others
D) Role of genetic predisposition
B
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Which statement is true about a safe, effective care environment for older adults?
a. Cold beer with steak and potatoes is a good meal for an older adult on a hot day. b. They are more likely to be in a fatal motor vehicle accident than younger drivers. c. Barrier-free buses and low fares make public transit a safe transportation option. d. A nurse's perception of temperature is a useful guide for patient thermal needs.
The only two established risk factors for AD are:
a. obesity and illicit drug use. b. high socioeconomic status and Caucasian race. c. advancing age and family history. d. alcoholism and hypertension.
In treating the person outside a medical facility, the nurse knows that immediate circulatory support for the vital organs must begin as quickly as possible because, without oxygen, brain cells begin to die in:
1. 4 minutes. 2. 6 minutes. 3. 14 minutes. 4. 24 minutes.
The nurse is caring for a client on the client's first postoperative day. The client has a midline abdominal incision; is febrile; has coarse crackles throughout lung fields; and refuses to turn, cough, or breathe deeply
Which of the following nursing diagnoses is most appropriate? 1. Activity intolerance related to hypoxemia 2. Excess fluid volume related to fluid in lungs 3. Fatigue related to increased work of breathing 4. Ineffective airway clearance related to pain and inability to cough