The nurse is interviewing a client diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder. The nurse would expect this client to exhibit which of the following behaviors?
A) Preoccupation with details
B) Extreme shyness
C) Inability to make decisions
D) Manipulation
B
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An adult patient has a moderately severe infection and has been started on an antibiotic. The physician orders penicillin V potassium by mouth. Which dose would the nurse expect the physician to prescribe?
a. 15 to 50 mg 4 times daily b. 150 to 170 mg q 6h c. 250 to 500 mg 4 times daily d. 1000 to 1500 mg 4 times daily
A patient is diagnosed with a low iron count. The nurse realizes that this patient might demonstrate signs of which of what health problem?
1. increased carbon dioxide in the blood 2. nausea 3. anxiety 4. poor tissue oxygenation
A nurse is sitting near a client while conducting a health history. The client keeps edging away from the nurse. What might this mean in terms of personal space?
A) The nurse is outside the client's personal space. B) The nurse is in the client's personal space. C) The client does not like the nurse. D) The client has concerns about the questions.
Public health practitioners prepared at the graduate level should be able to:
a. Teach public and community health nursing b. Assess and intervene successfully at the aggregate level c. Diagnose and treat disease and have prescriptive authority d. Run for political office as experts in public health policy