A nurse is conducting a health history and asks the patient about use of complementary and alternative therapies (CAT) to treat her chronic headaches. What response would require further questions?
A) "I practice meditation."
B) "I use relaxation to help me go to sleep."
C) "Each week, I have a total body massage."
D) "I take herbs to treat my headaches."
D
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A 17-year-old client whose boyfriend was killed in a car accident says that God punished her by taking her boyfriend because they had been living together and were not married. What kind of response by the nurse would be most helpful?
1. "God does not punish people in that manner." 2. "You're right, you should have gotten married." 3. "What is your religion?" 4. "Tell me about your boyfriend."
Which of the following statements is true of the thalamus?
A. The thalamus passes the information it receives from the sensory receptors to the temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex. B. The thalamus is part of the brainstem and is continuous with the spinal cord. C. The thalamus receives and evaluates almost all of the sensory nerve impulses from peripheral sensory receptors. D. The thalamus regulates reflexes such as vomiting, coughing, swallowing, and gagging.
Drugs that kill microorganisms directly are called
A. streptocidal. B. bacteriocidal. C. microbial. D. anticidal.
The nurse who wants to apply a theory that relates to moral development should read more about the theory established by which of the following theorists?
a. Kohlberg b. Piaget c. Freud d. Erikson