The nurse is caring for a client who has difficulty making decisions, frequently saying "I'm so stupid. What do you think I should do?" The client's actions lead the nurse to suspect the possibility of what personality disorder?
1. Paranoid
2. Schizoid
3. Dependent
4. Avoidant
3
Rationale: The client with dependent personality disorder needs to be taken care of, has difficulty making decisions, takes no initiative, and displays powerlessness, often referring to herself as stupid or incompetent so others will help her.
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The term used to describe cultures in which women make decisions about health care and provide the care and discipline to the children is:
a. biological. b. matriarchal. c. cultural. d. patriarchal.
How might an LPN/LVN exhibit beneficence?
a. Remove defective equipment from the patient's room. b. Willingly work extra shifts during a staff shortage. c. Adhere to agency policy. d. Join the National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service (NAPNES) and attend educational seminars.
The physician, in telling the nurse to follow an order, states, "If anything happens, I'll take full responsibility." What effect would the physician's statement have in a subsequent lawsuit for malpractice?
1. It provides a valid defense for the nurse in the lawsuit. 2. It alters the rule of personal accountability, because accountability is now substituted to the physician. 3. It alters the rule of professional accountability, because the physician is also a professional. 4. It does not alter the nurse's personal accountability at all.
A 63-year-old male patient is scheduled for a
physical examination, and he tells the nurse that he wants to start taking a vitamin formula that includes saw palmetto for prostate health. Which is the nurse's best response? a. "I've heard many good things about saw palmetto." b. "It's not a good idea to start herbal therapy at your age." c. "There are very few adverse effects with saw palmetto therapy." d. "The doctor will need to draw some blood and do a digital rectal exam first."