A 37-year-old client has never married and has remained at home with his aging mother. He has not worked since he had a paper route as a teenager so that he can remain at home to care for his mother
She gives him a weekly allowance out of an estate left to her by her late husband. A community health nurse visits the family once a month to administer vitamin B12 injections to the mother. On one of these visits, the client confides to the nurse that he is terrified of what will happen to him when his mother dies. The nurse recognizes that the client has low self-esteem related to failure at which of Erikson's developmental tasks?
A) Trust versus mistrust
B) Initiative versus guilt
C) Identity versus role confusion
D) Ego integrity versus despair
C
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The pelvis is divided into two parts, the false and true pelvis. The nurse explains that the size of the true pelvis is most important because:
a. the fetal head must pass through this part. b. these are the mother's measurements. c. the false pelvis can change. d. it needs to be larger.
A patient has been referred to a specialist by his primary care provider because he is suspected to have an acoustic neuroma. What signs and symptoms most likely prompted the care provider's referral?
A) A history of clear discharge from one of the patient's ears B) Unilateral tinnitus and hearing loss C) Vertigo that is unresponsive to medication D) Chronic tympanic perforation
Ordered is codeine 10 gr PO that is available in 300-mg tablets. How many tablets would the patient get?
1. 1.5 tablets 2. 1.2 tablets 3. 3 tablets 4. 2 tablets
The nurse assisting with deliveries is aware that which of the following clients is most at risk for having a difficult delivery and possibly cesarean section
A) A woman whose baby is in a longitudinal lie B) A woman whose baby has a cephalic presentation C) A woman whose baby has engaged prior to labor D) A woman whose baby is in the footling breech position