During interactions with a client who has major depression, it is most important for the nurse to:
A) Allow time for the client to respond.
B) Move to another question when the client does not respond.
C) Be cheerful and joke around.
D) Have a one-hour one-to-one session every shift.
A,
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A patient from a non-English-speaking culture tells the nurse about spending time with friends in American clubs and shopping for clothes on the weekends. The nurse realizes this patient is experiencing which type of assimilation?
A. Cultural B. Marital C. Primary D. Secondary
The nurse is caring for a patient on t-PA (tissue plasminogen activation) administration. The most common side effect of this infusion is:
A) Bleeding B) Hypertension C) Migraine headache D) Flaccid paralysis
To help alleviate spiritual distress in a client, the nurse should:
a. learn as much as possible about the client's religious traditions. b. offer to pray with the client. c. find out what the client perceives their spiritual needs to be. d. recognize that if the client put "none" under "religion" on their admission records, they are not spiritual and do not need spiritual-based interventions.
The nurse assesses a positive resolution of the development task of old age when a resident in a long-term care facility says:
1. "I love my children. I could have done more for them." 2. "I am too young to be in a place like this." 3. "I miss my friends and wife. I'm ready to go." 4. "I've enjoyed the ride!"