A nurse explains that a medication given to a patient with a severe inflammatory response mimics a hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex. To what hormone is the nurse referring?
a. Aldosterone
b. Testosterone
c. Histamine
d. Cortisol
D
Cortisol slows the release of antihistamine and stabilizes lysosomal membranes.
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The nurse is developing a care plan for a pediatric client who is at the age to work on Erickson's developmental stage 4
Which of the following goals would be most appropriate for the nurse to include which would demonstrate the child is accomplishing the tasks in this stage of development? The child will: 1. Watch peers play team sports. 2. Identify one or two pets that would be fun to care for. 3. Complete school homework and have a passing grade within 1 month. 4. Volunteer to help with one or more community projects each week.
Reflecting upon the client's other symptoms and past history, the nurse determines the client likely has right-sided heart failure when the client:
1. Consumes 5% of meals and complains of nausea. 2. Admits to anxiety over learning the new medication regimen. 3. Has trouble concentrating on the conversation. 4. Is dyspneic with activity.
A 37-year-old client has never married and has remained at home with his aging mother. He has not worked since he had a paper route as a teenager so that he can remain at home to care for his mother
She gives him a weekly allowance out of an estate left to her by her late husband. A community health nurse visits the family once a month to administer vitamin B12 injections to the mother. On one of these visits, the client confides to the nurse that he is terrified of what will happen to him when his mother dies. The nurse recognizes that the client has low self-esteem related to failure at which of Erikson's developmental tasks? A) Trust versus mistrust B) Initiative versus guilt C) Identity versus role confusion D) Ego integrity versus despair
The model/theory that integrates the effects of biology and environment, or nature and nurture, on the development of mental illness is the:
1. Community mental health model 2. Holistic model 3. Systems theory 4. Diathesis-stress model