An addition that should be made in the nursing care plan when a diagnosis of breast cancer is first made at stage T1 N0 M0 is:
1. "risk for disturbed body image related to threats of anticipated changes."
2. "risk of anxiety related to outcome of treatments."
3. "risk for infection related to decreased white blood cell count."
4. "risk for ineffective coping related to husband's expectations regarding antici-pated treatments."
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Early stages of cancer create anxiety about the outcome of treatments for the patient.
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The nurse therapist skilled in rational emotive therapy (RET) helps clients identify:
1. Cognitive causes for rational beliefs. 2. Health-damaging beliefs and practices. 3. Rational thoughts and healthy emotions. 4. Irrational thoughts and develop more rational life philosophies.
Children diagnosed with dysthymia have shown improvement from which of the following treatment regimens?
a. reality therapy and authoritarian parenting b. SSRI medications and psychotherapy c. behavior modification alone d. brief solution-oriented therapy
Which of the following factors would be the most influential in determining a client's response to a particular stressor?
A) Client's experience with stress B) Client's perception of the stressor C) Duration of the stressor D) Severity of the stressor
The nursing student is caring for a female client from China who can only speak Cantonese. The best way to communication should be to use:
A) simple words and loud speech and pantomime what it is that needs to be conveyed. B) a written download from the Internet on simple phrases of Chinese. C) a picture board containing pictures of common care needs. D) a male hospital employee who speaks Cantonese to discuss sensitive female issues.