A severely depressed patient cannot state any positive attributes to his or her life. The nurse patiently sits with this patient and assists the patient to identify several activities the patient is actually looking forward to in life
The nurse is helping the patient to demonstrate which spiritual concept? a. Time management
b. Hope
c. Charity
d. Faith
B
The concept of hope is vital to nursing; it enables a person to anticipate positive experiences. Being patient and friendly and creating positive relationships are key concepts in all areas of nursing, but especially with depressed patients. The nurse's actions do not address time management, charity, or faith.
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1. An individual experiencing neurosis is unaware that he or she is experiencing distress. 2. An individual experiencing neurosis feels helpless to change his or her situation. 3. An individual experiencing neurosis is aware of psychological causes of his or her behavior. 4. An individual experiencing neurosis has a loss of contact with reality.
The emergency department nurse assesses a client in extreme pain with an apparent snakebite of the leg. Vital signs are stable. What is the priority action of the nurse?
a. Call the regional poison control center. b. Administer IV pain medication. c. Place a tourniquet around the leg. d. Apply an immobilization splint.
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How could the nurse best help these parents? a. Talk to them about how their fears are unnecessary, and encourage them to stop being afraid. b. Tell the parents about any personal family experiences with cleft lip or cleft palate or about experiences with other parents having a baby with similar problems. c. Show some before and after photographs of successful surgical repairs, and offer to arrange for them to talk with other parents of children with a cleft lip or cleft palate. d. Take over more of the care of the infant to give the parents time to adjust to having a baby with deformities.
A 20-year-old woman has been referred for care as a result of the disturbing behavioral changes that her parents have cited. Assessment reveals that the woman is likely experiencing dissociation
Which of the following statements accurately describes dissociation? A) Dissociation is reversion to a more immature or infantile behavior pattern. B) Dissociation is an alteration in self-awareness to escape an upsetting event or feeling. C) Dissociation is the act of forcing painful feelings or memories into the conscious. D) Dissociation is recalling the painful feelings associated with past events.