A nurse is caring for a 3-year-old niece whose mother has recently died of cancer. Because of the child's stage of development, the nurse expects that the child will most likely see the loss of her mother as which of the following?
a. An opportunity to re-examine their lives
b. A threat to her self-concept
c. Temporary
d. A challenge to her emerging identity
C
Expressions of grief evolve as individuals mature. Toddlers, for example, cannot understand the permanence of death but feel anxiety over loss of objects and separation from parents. School-age children, although able to understand the significance of loss more completely, see their loss as a challenge to their emerging identity or self-concept. Middle-age adults often use grief experiences to re-examine or reprioritize their lives. Older adults anticipate grief as they encounter declining physical function or life opportunities, give up employment or social status, or lose loved ones.
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1. Develop a relationship with the parents with open supportive communication and display an interest and a concern for the family's goals. 2. Determine the family's financial stability and identify community resources. 3. Provide the parents with the nurse's home phone number so the parents can call when they need information. 4. Remind the parents that it is necessary for the child to receive health supervision on a regular basis.
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She states, "He was in pain long before he got cancer because he broke his back about 20 years ago. For that problem, though, his pain medicine wasn't just raised and raised." What would be the nurses' best response? A) "I didn't know that. I will speak to the doctor about your husband's pain control." B) "Much cancer pain is caused by tumor involvement and needs to be treated in a way that brings the patient relief." C) "Cancer is a chronic kind of pain so the more it hurts the patient, the more medicine we give the patient until it no longer hurts." D) "Does the increasing medication dosage concern you?"
Zeroing the pressure transducer on hemodynamic monitoring equipment occurs when the displays reads
a. 0 b. 250 c. 600 d. 760
While reviewing transcripts of interviews conducted for a qualitative study, the researcher appraises the data for congruence with the philosophical perspective of the study. This is an example of
a. perspective. b. reliability. c. rigor. d. validity.