A nurse watches as a child continuously tells her mother "no!" to each comment the mother makes. The nurse knows that this behavior termed negativism is characteristic of which of the following developmental groups?
A) toddler B) preschooler C) school-aged child D) adolescent
A
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The nurse is studying client assessment data in efforts to formulate applicable nursing diagnoses. Which nurse theorist was instrumental in defining client problems that served as a foundation for the development of nursing diagnoses?
a. Joyce Travelbee c. Virginia Henderson b. Faye Abdellah d. Josephine Paterson
The nurse is making patient care assignments for the staff. Which elimination activity can the nurse delegate to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) for a patient with an indwelling urinary ca-theter?
a. Catheterizing the patient b. Irrigating the catheter c. Obtaining a urine culture d. Providing catheter care
A patient is discharged from the hospital with a prescription of warfarin (Coumadin). Which of the following statements indicates successful patient teaching?
A) "If I miss a dose, I will take two doses." B) "I will avoid herbal remedies." C) "I will eat spinach or broccoli daily." D) "I will discontinue my other medications."
The nurse is assessing an older adult admitted with pancreatic insufficiency. While assessing for the presence of malabsorption, the nurse recalls that malabsorption may be extraintestinal in the older adult and may include the symptoms of:
A) Shortness of breath and hypervolemia B) Fatigue and confusion C) Pruritus and muscle rigidity D) Darkening of skin pigmentation and tremors