The nurse explains that an individual who perceives a threat to self may experience a universal emotion of:
a. fear.
b. anger.
c. depression.
d. anxiety.
D
Anxiety can be defined as a vague feeling of apprehension resulting from a perceived threat to self.
You might also like to view...
A client with cancer is admitted to a short-term rehabilitation facility. The nurse prepares to administer the client's oral chemotherapy medications. What action by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. Crush the medications if the client cannot swallow them. b. Give one medication at a time with a full glass of water. c. No special precautions are needed for these medications. d. Wear personal protective equipment when handling the medications.
An elderly woman is slated for a hemiarthroplasty (hip replacement surgery) after falling and breaking her hip on the stairs outside her home
The woman's pain in the time since her injury has been severe, and her care team has been treating it with morphine. Which of the following administration schedules is most likely to control the patient's pain? A) Scheduled doses of short-acting morphine q1h around the clock B) Twice-daily doses of long-acting morphine, with short-acting morphine available for breakthrough pain C) A large long-acting dose of morphine at 8 AM with smaller doses at 12 PM, 5 PM, and 10 PM. D) Alternating doses of long-acting morphine with short-acting morphine
The nurse takes special care to be gentle in caring for patients with spinal cord injuries to avoid stimulating the autonomic nervous system and triggering which condition?
a. Paresis b. Heterotopic ossification c. Postural hypotension d. Autonomic dysreflexia
When reviewing the various schedules of controlled drugs, the nurse knows that which description correctly describes Schedule II drugs?
a. Drugs with high potential for abuse that have accepted medical use b. Drugs with high potential for abuse that do not have accepted medical use c. Medically accepted drugs that may cause moderate physical or psychologic de-pendence d. Medically accepted drugs with limited potential for causing physical or psycho-logic dependence