The nurse explains that the painful shingles experienced by the patient with HIV is related to his childhood exposure to:
1. measles.
2. mumps.
3. impetigo.
4. chickenpox.
4
Chickenpox can be reactivated as shingles.
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The nurse needs a reminder of professional responsibility when performing which of these actions?
a. Making an informed clinical decision b. Making an ethical clinical decision c. Making a clinical decision in the patient's best interest d. Making a clinical decision based on previous shift assessments
A nursing student is discouraged and states, "I'll never be good at studying!" The most helpful remark another student could make would be
a. "For most students, study skills develop with organization, practice, and hard work." b. "For most students, study skills that were successful in high school are useful in nursing school." c. "For most students, study skills aren't really necessary if you listen carefully in class." d. "For most students, study skills depend on motivation to arrange adequate time to devote to learning."
In the various types of outpatient mental health care programs listed below, which provides the most intensive nursing care?
A) Partial hospitalization programs B) Crisis intervention programs C) Outpatient detoxification programs D) Rehabilitation programs
Empathy can be described as:
a. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. b. feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune. c. deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it. d. a deep-seated dislike of something or someone.