A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia says, "I am a reincarnation of Jesus. I can raise the dead." The most qualified person for the nurse to refer the patient would be a
a. psychiatric nurse clinician.
b. professional chaplain.
c. clinical psychologist.
d. community minister.
B
A professional chaplain holds a ministerial degree and has had a year of special study in ministering to individuals with spiritual concerns related to health problems. The other professionals have less knowledge and experience in dealing with the dual problems of mental illness and spiritual concerns.
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a. Increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pro-tein level b. Decreased serum protein electrophoresis results c. Increased antinuclear antibodies d. Decreased immune globulin G (IgG) levels
The nurse is providing nutritional assessments for the following clients. The nurse decides that it would be inappropriate to perform a dietary recall activity with which of the following clients?
1. Client newly diagnosed with emphysema 2. Client with a history of Crohn's disease 3. Client with polycystic kidney disease 4. Client diagnosed with dementia
There are two missing values strategies that involve deletion or imputation. What is the analysis of those cases for which there are no missing data?
A) Listwise deletion B) Pairwise deletion C) Available case analysis D) Data transformations
A nurse is conducting a seminar on Trichomonas vaginalis. Which information should the nurse include in this seminar?
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