The hospice nurse is caring for a patient with lung cancer. The patient's daughter states, "My mom isn't happy with anything I do for her
She is constantly yelling at me." The nurse understands that the patient is in which stage of grief according to Kübler-Ross?
A) Depression
B) Anger
C) Acceptance
D) Bargaining
E) Denial
Ans: B
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The nurse reminds an older adult patient that the task for the older adult is to achieve ego integrity. Failure to achieve this task results in:
a. failure. b. despair. c. reminiscing. d. accomplishment.
A patient tells the nurse that his back has not "bothered" him for months but now that he's in the intensive care unit, his back is "killing" him. The nurse considers which cause of this pain when designing interventions?
1. Lack of mobility due to hospitalization 2. Worsening of the disease process that caused the hospital admission 3. An undiagnosed injury to the back 4. Tolerance to pain medication
Glasser and Zwiak (2003) estimate the prevalence of substance abuse among the homeless to be nearly ____________________%
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A patient comes to the clinic and reports breaking out in an urticarial rash 1 hour after taking acetaminophen for osteoarthritis symptoms. The primary care NP should:
a. order a complete blood count with differential. b. order liver and renal function tests. c. suspect Reye's syndrome and arrange for hospitalization. d. tell the patient not to take products containing acetaminophen again.