What is the best example of normal memory change or lapse of memory?
a. Relying on another person to remember names or important events
b. Occasional forgetfulness or inability to recall names or facts
c. Difficulty in recalling recent events
d. Difficulty in recalling past events
B
Memory lapses such as forgetting a name or misplacing an item are common, normal memory changes.
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A. New American Nursing Diagnosis Association. B. National American Nursing Diagnosis Association. C. North American Nursing Diagnosis Analyzer. D. North American Nursing Diagnosis Association.
The nurse is educating a renal transplant patient about his immunosuppressant medication therapy. Which statement by the patient best indicates an appropriate understanding?
a. "I will be gradually weaned off my medications during my lifetime." b. "After 6 months, I will be down to taking one medication for life." c. "My doctors may try to stop my steroids soon after my transplant." d. "I will only need to take my mediations every other day for life."
The hospital staff educator is presenting education on transcultural nursing to a group of new graduate nurses. What would the staff educator best explain as the underlying focus of transcultural nursing?
A) The underlying focus of transcultural nursing is to promote the well-being of institutions. B) The underlying focus of transcultural nursing is to promote the health of communities. C) The underlying focus of transcultural nursing is to provide culture-specific and culture-universal care. D) The underlying focus of transcultural nursing is to promote the well-being of groups.
A patient informs the nurse, "I burn a lavender-scented candle for an hour before bedtime to help me relax and sleep." The nurse realizes this patient is using:
a. the mind-body intervention of aromatherapy. b. an energy technique known as qi gong. c. the manipulative method using the Alexander technique. d. conventional medicine, also called allopathic.