A 15-year-old client who recently lost his father in a plane crash has begun to question his religious beliefs
He cries out, "No God would have let my father die like that! I'm so angry I could scream!" Which is the appropriate nursing intervention?
A) Listen and maintain a nonjudgmental attitude.
B) Administer an anxiolytic.
C) Consult pastoral counseling.
D) Share one's personal belief system.
A
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present clients are discharged. This qualifies the group as a. open. b. closed. c. time-limited. d. milieu therapy.
Which of the following is the best rationale for a nurse to spend time communicating with a family member of a hospitalized patient?
1. The nurse often has information that needs to be shared with a family member who is a primary social structure caring for an individual. 2. A nurse's communication can supports the nurse's position of power in the health-care system caring for an individual. 3. Communication with family members is critical to increase a nurse's satisfaction with the role. 4. Nurses use communication to develop an efficient interprofessional team that exchanges information.
A nursing instructor has just completed a lecture on postpartum hemorrhage. The instructor asks the students to identify the risk factors for uterine atony
Which of the following responses by the students would indicate that further teaching is needed? (Select all that apply.) a. Small clots b. History of drug dependence c. Adherence of placental fragments d. Overdistention of the uterus e. Induction or augmentation of labor f. Uterine anomaly such as the presence of fibroids
A large percentage of the world's Hispanic population believes in mal ojo, whereby:
a. an animal casts an evil spell on a child and makes the child sick for a long time b. witches make a child ill c. a child becomes ill if given excessive admiration or admiration without touching d. the child's eyes become bad if a person looks at him or her