An elderly man lost his wife a year ago to cardiovascular disease. During a health care visit, he tells the nurse he has begun adjusting to life without his wife. According to John Bowlby, which stage of grief does this comment most likely indicate?
1) Shock and numbness
2) Yearning and searching
3) Disorganization and despair
4) Reorganization
ANS: 4
You might also like to view...
Deep brain stimulation is a procedure that is performed for special pain problems when there is no response to the usual techniques of pain control
It is a procedure used on patients with neuropathic pain that may be caused by what? (Mark all that apply.) A) Phantom-limb pain B) Stroke C) Contractures D) Severe burns E) Brain injuries
A nurse is preparing to discuss the importance of neuroendrocrine regulation with a group of nurses who work in the endocrine clinic
The nurse plans to stress that this collaborative effort facilitates the regulation of physiological function that includes a person's ability to: Select all that apply. 1. Grow physically. 2. Reproduce. 3. Adapt to external changes. 4. Critically think. 5. Reason.
Notation for mixed method research designates both priority and sequence. What type of research is identified by QUAN(qual)?
A) Sequential, qualitative-dominant design B) Sequential, qualitative-nondominant design C) Qualitative component embedded within a quantitative study D) Quantitative component embedded within a qualitative study
The nurse reviews the physician's prescriptions for a child with a streptococcal infection. The physician prescribes an antistreptolysin O titer. Based on this prescription, which of the following would the nurse suspect in the child?
1. Rheumatic fever (RF) 2. Aortic valve disease (AVD) 3. Pulmonic valve disease (PVD) 4. Congestive heart failure (CHF)