The nurse is reviewing the medical record of a forensic client who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. The nurse interprets this to mean which of the following?
A) The client knows that he committed a wrongful act.
B) The client is unable to control actions at the time of the crime.
C) The client is unable to assist in his defense.
D) The client's mental illness is a factor in the crime.
B
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Match the pain theory to the correct physiologic basis for the pain
A. Specificity theory 1. Light touch applied to the skin would produce the sensation of touch through low-frequency firing of the receptor. B. Pattern theory 2. Repeated sweeping of a soft-bristled brush on the skin over or near a painful area may result in pain reduction for several minutes. C. Gate control theory 3. Proposes that the brain contains a widely distributed neural network that contains somatosensory, limbic, and thalamocortical components. D. Neuromatrix theory 4. Describes how an acute injury is predicted to be but does not take into account the person's feelings of how the pain feels to him or her.
Which type of croup is always considered a medical emergency?
a. Laryngitis b. Epiglottitis c. Spasmodic croup d. Laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB)
The nurse recognizes that the primary effect of pregnancy on a woman with a preexisting heart disease is:
a. The shunting of blood to the fetus reduces the mother's cardiac workload. b. Increased renal blood flow, which promotes elimination of excess fluid. c. Decreased venous return, which decreases blood pressure. d. The workload of the heart is greatly increased.
Constipation is:
a. Passage of a hard, dry stool b. Frequent passage of liquid stools c. Prolonged retention and accumulation of feces in the rectum d. Inability to control the passage of feces and gas through the anus