While caring for a family who lost a 10-year-old son in a car accident, the nurse should instruct the parents to tell the 4-year-old sister which of the following about her brother?
A) He died and is not coming back.
B) He passed on to the other side.
C) He departed on a long journey.
D) He has gone to see the Lord above.
A
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During which phase of the cycle of violence does the victim attempt to calm the batterer?
A) Battering phase C) Tension-building phase B) Honeymoon phase D) Reconcilliation phase
The nurse is caring for a client using therapies along with conventional medical therapies. This client's plan of care includes the use of:
a. alternative therapies c. congruent therapies b. complementary ther-apies d. nonconventional therapies
A patient with breast cancer asks why her hair is falling out while receiving chemotherapy when the cancer is in her breast. What is your best response?
a. "Breast cells and hair cells are similar. Any drug that affects one can be expected to affect the other." b. "The chemotherapy is interfering with your nutritional status. Eating more protein will help stop the hair loss." c. "It is possible that some cancer cells have escaped from your breast. Chemotherapy will kill cancer cells wherever they are." d. "Chemotherapy is delivered to all tissues and exerts the same damaging effects on some normal cells as well as on cancer cells."
An Arab woman arrives in the emergency department reporting vaginal bleeding. It is determined that the client is 5 months pregnant with her second child and has had no prenatal care
The nurse realizes that the most likely reason for this lack of health care is that the client: 1. Cannot afford to seek health care 2. Views pregnancy as a normal life event 3. Typically relies on same-culture healers 4. Lacks an understanding of available services