Anxiety can do all of the following EXCEPT:
1. increase the pain threshold.
2. improve the client's appraisal of a situation.
3. mimic cardiac arrhythmias.
4. decrease the production of white blood cells.
ANS: 2
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1. a penetrating brain injury. 2. a concussion. 3. a contusion. 4. intracerebral hematoma.
A patient tells the nurse, "My therapist touched my face and asked me to come to his house for a romantic evening." The nurse recognizes that the therapist has engaged in which unethical behavior?
1. Invasion of privacy 2. Inappropriate self-disclosure 3. Failure to maintain boundaries 4. False imprisonment
What information does the geographic expansion of family-focused assessment to the community level provide the nurse?
1. Factors supporting health 2. Existing health disparities 3. Family health history 4. Risks to health 5. Historic migration patterns
The nurse who provides care for young children with fluid and electrolyte imbalance understands that they are more vulnerable to changes in fluid balance than adults
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