A nurse working with mentally ill patients recognizes which factor as having the greatest impact on a patient's tendency to seek treatment?
a. Social stigma
b. Financial burden
c. Lack of support services
d. Ineffective family support
A
The impact of stigma is enormous, with nearly two thirds of the population with diagnosable mental disorders failing to seek treatment as a result of real or imagined effects of stigma.
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A) Strong, fast pulse B) Weak, thready pulse C) Normal to high blood pressure D) Weight gain
The pediatric nurse working on the orthepedic unit of the hospital knows that the purpose of petaling a cast is to promote good hygiene by protecting the proximal edges of the long leg casts and the perineal area of the spica casts from soiling
A) True B) False
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a. Pitting edema present in both feet and an-kles b. Edema in both feet and ankles approx-imately 4 mm deep c. 4 mm pitting edema quickly resolving d. Bilateral pitting edema in feet and ankles, 4 mm deep, resolving in 3 seconds
The client states: "I really don't want anyone to visit me who has not been cleared by me first." If utilizing SOAP format, in which category should the nurse document this statement?
1. Subjective data 2. Objective data 3. Assessment 4. Planning