A psychiatric nurse leads a supportive-therapeutic group in a psychiatric unit. It is an open group and clients come and go from the group as they are admitted and discharged from the unit
Members discuss unresolved issues and ways to cope with stress in their lives. One evening, when the group was breaking up, the psychiatric nurse heard one client say to another, "I never thought that other people had the same problems that I have." Which of Yalom's curative factors does this statement represent?
A) Catharsis
B) Group cohesiveness
C) Universality
D) Imitative behavior
C
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A) "When you are lying down, your body ends up needing more oxygen." B) "One needs to breathe deeper while lying flat in bed since this increases the work load on the diaphragm." C) "The resistance of your bed limits your lung expansion." D) "We want you to be able to use your abdominal muscles more, rather than depending on movement of your chest cage for breathing."
Before administering a prescribed bronchodilator to a client experiencing acute breathing distress, which of the following would be appropriate for the nurse to assess? Select all that apply
A) Blood pressure B) Blood glucose C) Pulse D) Lung sounds E) Respiratory rate
Which of the following are indicators of hearing loss? (Select all that apply.)
a. Understanding the female voice better than the male voice b. Reluctance to have telephone conversations c. Becoming irritable with background noise d. Turning the TV up to the loudest volume e. Responding with "off-the-wall" answers to a question
A primary care NP is evaluating a patient who has COPD. The patient uses a LABA twice daily. The patient reports having increased exertional dyspnea, a frequent cough, and poor sleep
The patient also uses a short-acting ?-adrenergic agonist (SABA) five or six times each day. Pulse oximetry reveals an oxygen saturation of 92%. The patient's FEV1/forced vital capacity is 65, and FEV1 is 55% of predicted. The NP should prescribe a(n): a. oral corticosteroid. b. long-acting anticholinergic. c. long-acting oral theophylline. d. combination ICS/LABA inhaler.