The spouse of an alcoholic is attending their first Al-anon meeting. They ask what codependency means. What would be the best answer they could receive?
A) "A tacit agreement among family members that suppressed anger and emotional pain are a normal way of life"
B) "A set of behaviors that make the family members feel safe and secure"
C) "A multigenerational pattern of coping mechanisms that lead to self-defeating behaviors evolving from family dynamics that discourage a member from feeling or expressing needs"
D) "An unconscious supporting of the abusers behavior as normal"
C
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The pediatric neurologist suspects it may be a lower motor neuron disease called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The patient's family asks how he got this. The nurse will respond A) "This could result from playing in soil and then ingesting bacteria that are now attacking his motor neurons." B) "No one really knows how this disease is formed. We just know that in time, he may grow out of it." C) "This is a degenerative disorder that tends to be inherited as an autosomal recessive trait." D) "This is a segmental demyelination disorder that affects all nerve roots and eventually all muscle groups as well."
Antiretroviral agents exert their effect by which means?
a. Boosting the body's T-cell production b. Producing artificially acquired active immunity c. Interfering with replication of the retrovirus d. Lysing the DNA of the host cell
A subcommittee within Health and Human Services is evaluating the success of the Millennium Development Goals set to be achieved by 2015. On which goals should this committee focus? (Select all that apply.)
1. Promote gender equality 2. Improve maternal health 3. Eliminate income inequity 4. Achieve universal primary education 5. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
When reading a diagnostic skin test, the healthcare worker is observing the injection site for
A. irritation and pruritus. B. urticaria and pustules. C. induration and erythema. D. inflammation and edema.