A female college student is admitted to a hospital after a suicide attempt that was precipitated by receiving mediocre grades this semester. She reports, "I'm such a failure. I should have done better. It's not enough to be average"
According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which structure of her personality should a nurse recognize as predominant?
A) Id
B) Ego
C) Self
D) Superego
D
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A health care organization wants to improve its patient outcomes. Which of the following could the organization use to achieve this goal?
a. Critical pathways c. Nursing Outcomes Classification b. Benchmarks d. Standards of Care
The nurse is talking to Mrs. Brown, who relates that her husband is a type I male batterer. Based on this information, the nurse would suspect that Mr. Brown tends to:
A) Be at risk for violence to people both within and outside his family. B) Show intermittent remorse for the violence and abuse that he commits. C) Demonstrate symptoms of depression and harbor feelings of inadequacy. D) Purposefully remain socially isolated from people other than those in his family.
The reproductive system is a group of organs that make possible the creation of a new life
True False
A 3-year-old Black child with a history of sickle cell disease and is now diagnosed with meningi-tis. Which is the most likely microorganism the nurse will find on the lab report?
a. Virus b. Haemophilus influenzae type B c. Streptococcus pneumonia d. Neisseria meningitidis