Which situation is least likely to place severe, disabling stress on a family? The
a. need for long-term care for a man with a wife and two teenage sons who sustains
severe brain injury.
b. divorce of the parents of three children, aged 10, 8, and 2 years.
c. death of a mother who leaves a husband and three sons younger than 12 years.
d. family in which the son leaves for college and the father retires.
D
Family stress is greatest when an interruption or dislocation occurs in the unfolding of the family life
cycle. Options A, B, and C are such dislocations. The situation described in option D may be fraught
with stress but the changes are not interruptions; they are to be expected.
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a. personal care. b. individual care. c. behavior care. d. humane care.
A client has groin swelling. The nurse should suspect that the client is experiencing a disturbance in the:
1. White blood cell system. 2. Renal system. 3. Lymphatic system. 4. Cardiovascular system.
Postpartal overdistention of the bladder and urinary retention can lead to which complication?
a. Fever and increased blood pressure b. Postpartum hemorrhage and eclampsia c. Urinary tract infection and uterine rupture d. Postpartum hemorrhage and urinary tract infection
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