The nurse is caring for an adolescent female patient with bulimia nervosa. What experience in the nurse's life could interfere most with nurse's objectivity?
1. The nurse has a poor body image.
2. The nurse has a friend who was bulimic.
3. The nurse was bulimic as an adolescent.
4. The nurse has never had any personal experience of bulimia.
3. The nurse was bulimic as an adolescent.
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a. Apply skin lotions in a circular motion. b. Apply prescribed ointments with a gloved hand. c. Apply as much and as frequently as relieves the symptoms. d. Choose lanolin-based ointments.
Your patient was admitted after a fall in her home. After measuring the patient's legs, you determine that her left leg is 4.5 cm shorter than her right leg. This difference most likely indicates
a. a finding within normal limits. b. a hip fracture with displacement of the proximal femur. c. dislocation of the hip. d. flexion contractures of the hip.
To evaluate the woman's learning about performing infant care, the nurse should:
a. Demonstrate infant care procedures. b. Allow the woman to verbalize the procedure. c. Observe the woman as she performs the procedure. d. Routinely assess the infant for cleanliness.
A client has made the decision to follow a healthy lifestyle, including exercise and healthy eating, in pursuit of illness
However, after a month of this routine, she complains that she doesn't have the level of wellness of her neighbor. You explain to her that: 1. she needs to find out what her neighbor is doing differently. 2. wellness is an ongoing process, and that the process becomes wellness when the person recognizes and experiences the possibility for happiness and health in each moment. 3. she has not been following a healthy lifestyle long enough. 4. she needs to redouble her efforts to see results.