Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic, disabling mental illness.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with pneumonia who was placed on a cardiorespiratory monitor. Vital signs are recorded from the monitor in order to allow the client to remain undisturbed during the night
The nurse observes that the blood pressure, heart rate, and respirations are 20% below baseline. The nurse concludes which of the following? 1. The client is about to have a cardiac arrest. 2. The client is in stage 2 of NREM sleep. 3. The client's metabolic rate has increased. 4. The client is in stage 4 of NREM sleep.
When caring for the patient with AIDS who has cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma, the nurse would report signs of:
1. nausea. 2. fatigue. 3. abdominal pain. 4. weight loss.
An infant requires surgery for repair of a cleft lip. An important priority of the preoperative nursing care is which?
a. Initiating discharge teaching b. Performing baseline physical and behavioral assessment c. Observing for allergic reactions to preoperative antibiotics d. Determining whether this defect exists in other family members
The major distinction between fear and anxiety is that fear:
A. is a universal experience; anxiety is neurotic. B. enables constructive action; anxiety is dysfunctional. C. is a psychological experience; anxiety is a physiological experience. D. is a response to a specific danger; anxiety is a response to an unknown danger.