Rushing and appearing busy helps a patient feel relaxed and comfortable
True
False
False
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The organizational structure of the United States health care delivery system can best be described by three subsystems:
1. Personal health system, popular health system, and scientific health system. 2. Popular health system, alternative health system, and scientific health system. 3. Scientific health system, complementary health system, and alternative health system. 4. Scientific health system, complementary health system, and popular health system.
Which characteristics of the primary nursing model make it a good match with the goals of the IOM and National Quality Forum? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. There are fewer RNs, so care is less expensive. 2. Primary nursing creates new possibilities for collaborative success. 3. Primary nursing supports efforts to make patient care safer. 4. The model allows the nurse to coordinate care across many disciplines. 5. Primary nursing reduces the need for communication and documentation.
Which nursing intervention most effectively assists mentally ill clients to work towards recovery?
A) Encourage clients to exercise control in their relationships with professionals and in their own lives. B) Let clients know when the nurse is frustrated with their progress. C) Keep client away from other clients with mental illness. D) Inform clients when the nurse believes they should be making progress.
The nurse assessing a child or adolescent with a diagnosis of dysthymic disorder (DD) will find which of the following symptoms?
a. a depressed or irritable mood for most of the day, on most days, for 2 or more years, and low energy or fatigue b. severe shaking of the hands then trying to hold a glass of water or other object c. a depression that is deeper, more acute, and more likely to lead to suicide than major depressive disorder d. labile mood and hyperactive thyroid with an increase in circulating thyroid hormones and associated symptoms