The client is unable to make a decision by herself. She clings to her husband and quickly moves to fill his requests. Although she sometimes appears angry, her emotions are not ex-pressed. The client's diagnoses is
1. neuroticism.
2. paranoid personality disorder.
3. dependent personality disorder.
4. narcissistic personality disorder.
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The anxiety of dependent personality disorder is associated with separation and abandon-ment.
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Critical pathways are used to:
A) Keep clients within their length-of-stay criteria B) Lead to successful client outcomes within the diagnostic related group C) Maintain nursing standards D) Outline procedures that are performed by all nursing personnel within the organization
The client mentions to the nurse "I'm still on restriction to the unit and I'd really like to start
attending off-unit activities. Would you ask the doctor to upgrade my privileges?" The best response for the nurse would be a. "I'll be glad to mention it when I see the doctor later today.". b. "That's a good topic for you to take up with the doctor. You'll be meeting at 2 PM.". c. "Why are you asking me to do this when you're perfectly capable of speaking for yourself?" d. "Do you think you are so unimportant that you can't speak to a doctor and that a nurse must intercede?"
The nurse is caring for a patient with no spontaneous respiratory effort who requires mechanical ventilation. The first blood gas after initiating the ventilator shows a pH of 7.52 and a PCO2 of 20
What intervention is required to correct this pH imbalance? a. Increase fluid infusion. b. Increase oxygen percentage. c. Reduce number of breaths/min. d. Increase number of breaths/min.
Vasopressin is used in the treatment of
1. diabetes insipidus. 2. dehydration. 3. electrolyte imbalances. 4. diabetes mellitus.