The nurse who provided care to a terminally ill patient does not want to spend any time with the grieving family and begins to provide care to another patient. What is this nurse demonstrating?
A. Empathy
B. Blunting
C. Apathy
D. Over-emotionality
Answer: B
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A) Phase I B) Phase II C) Phase III D) Phase IV
You decide to make it a priority to read the semiannual report by the Institute of Medicine entitled "To Err Is Human.". The report will enhance the care that you provide because it deals with:
a. FDA drugs that have been recalled each year. b. preventable adverse events and deaths each year. c. patient safety regarding system failures and human failures. d. National Advisory Council in Medicine.
Which type of design would be used by researchers interested in establishing relationships between two or more variables, for example, the type of coping used by caregivers of older adults having cognitive changes and the occurrence of elder abuse?
a. correlational b. quasi-experimental c. multi-experimental d. factorial
A child fell off a swing and scraped his right knee. The injured area becomes painful. What else will the nurse observe upon assessment?
a. Vasoconstriction at injured site b. Decreased RBC concentration at injured site c. Pale skin at injured site d. Edema at injured site