A nurse can reduce a client's anxiety level with the use of _____ communication techniques
a. somatic language c. perception
b. anxiety d. therapeutic
ANS: d
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A client response to the termination phase of the therapeutic relationship is withdrawal. This response most often is manifested by client behaviors such as:
a. Bringing up new problems b. Being absent from appointments c. Returning to maladaptive behavior d. Having increased anxiety
The nurse explains that morphine contraindicated in the patient with pancreatitis because:
a. Demerol (meperidine) is less expensive. b. Tylenol is more effective at managing this type of pain. c. Morphine may cause spasms of the sphincter of Oddi. d. These patients do not experience pain.
The nurse is assessing a client for circumduction. To complete this assessment, the nurse would:
a. ask the client to move her leg backward in a circle. b. turn the client's foot and leg inward, pointing the toes toward the other leg. c. move the client's head in order to touch her ear to the shoulder. d. raise the client's straight arm forward to a position above her head.
Place the following steps in ethical decision making in the order in which they should be carried out
1 . Identify the health problem. 2 . Implement decisions. 3 . Identify the decision maker. 4 . Define the ethical issue. 5 . Evaluate actions and decisions. 6 . Gather additional information. 7 . Examine moral and ethical principles. 8 . Explore alternative options. a. 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 3, 2, 5 b. 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 c. 1, 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 d. 4, 1, 3, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8