What is defined as a distended dilated segment of an artery?
a. Embolism
b. Aneurysm
c. Angina
d. Adhesion
B
An aneurysm is an enlarged, dilated portion of an artery.
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The nurse is instructing a client in treatment options often provided to resolve clinical depression. Which option does the nurse instruct as producing a brief, generalized seizure?
A) Vagal nerve stimulation B) Electroconvulsive therapy C) Deep brain stimulation D) Transcranial magnetic stimulation
As a senior manager, you notice that there have been several resignations on a unit where a new charge nurse has been hired
You suspect that the new charge nurse may be demonstrating bul-lying behaviors, but staff say little about their relationship with the charge nurse. Your decisions about intervention would be based on which assumptions? a. The staff nurses would tell you if the charge nurse was engaging in relational violence. b. It would be unusual for leaders to engage in violence and bullying behavior. c. Bullying is primarily related to feelings of marginalization and jealousy among peers. d. Initiating confidential exit interviews will assist in determining if leader violence or bullying is occurring.
Upon entering the patient's room, the nurse sees a fire burning in the trash can next to the bed. The nurse removes the patient and reports the fire. What is the nurse's next action?
a. Extinguish the fire. b. Remove all other patients from the unit. c. Close all doors of patient rooms. d. Move the trash can into the bathroom.
A client makes the following statement: "I must be paying for all the wrongs I did in my life, to have such a diagnosis as this." The nurse suspects that this client views health from which type of belief?
1. Magico-religious belief 2. Holistic health belief 3. Biomedical health belief 4. Folk medicine