While working with a woman who is experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a rape, the focus of your therapeutic nursing technique should be to help the patient to:
A) Begin legal action against the rapist
B) Repress the situation and move on with her life
C) See that allowing the situation to dominate her is not helping
D) Put the situation into perspective and understand what happened to her
D
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A nurse explains to the family of a mentally ill patient how the nurse-patient relationship differs from other interpersonal relationships. Which is the best explanation? "The focus:
a. is on the patient. Problems are discussed by the nurse and patient, but solutions are implemented by the patient." b. shifts from nurse to patient as the relationship develops. Advice is given by both and solutions implemented." c. is creation of a partnership in which each member is concerned with growth and satisfaction of the other." d. of the relationship is socialization. Mutual needs are met and feelings are shared openly."
Unilateral hypertrophy of the arm muscles is most likely seen in an individual who regularly
a. lifts weights. c. moves furniture. b. plays tennis. d. plays soccer.
The physician has ordered Heparin 850 units/hour per infusion pump. The medication is available as Heparin 25,000 units in 500 mL 1/2 NS. How many milliliters per hour will the patient receive?
A) 17 B) 18 C) 19 D) 20
A 62-year-old female presents with a singular, hard, 1 cm, non-tender, non-mobile mass in the right breast. There are no nipple or skin changes, however, you palpate an enlarged right-sided supraclavicular lymph node
The clinician should recognize these are signs of: A. Fibroadenoma B. Breast cyst C. Malignancy D. Paget's disease