A nurse is part of team working with hurricane victims. One of the hurricane victims is staying in a temporary shelter provided by the Red Cross
To determine the extent to which this victim can cognitively cope with his situation and how much support he needs, which question would be most appropriate for the nurse to ask?
A) "What kind of help do you need from us?"
B) "What are your thoughts about what you will do during the next few days?"
C) "How are you feeling about all that you have gone through?"
D) "Are you feeling guilty because you survived and some of your neighbors did not?"
D
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When answering multiple-choice questions, strategies for elimination of choices include:
1. Identifying one choice as correct to eliminate "none of the above" as a choice. 2. Identifying one choice as incorrect to eliminate "all of the above" as a choice. 3. Not going back and changing an answer once a choice is identified. 4. Going back and reviewing and changing answers as needed once finished with a test. 5. Realizing that most often, the first instinct as to the correct answer is correct.
A patient who is complaining of heaviness in his scrotum has learned that his serum lactate dehydrogenase level is elevated. A single painless lump is palpated in the patient's scrotum. How would the nurse evaluate these results?
1. The patient needs more diagnostic tests for testicular cancer. 2. The patient has testicular cancer. 3. The patient does not have testicular cancer. 4. The patient has a spermatocele.
A patient with schizophrenia begins a new prescription for lurasidone HCl (Latuda). The patient is 5', 6" tall and currently weighs 204 pounds. Which topic is most important for the nurse to include in the teaching plan related to this medication?
a. How to recognize tardive dyskinesia b. Weight management strategies c. Ways to manage constipation d. Sleep hygiene measures
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What will be an ideal response?