Mental health and, conversely, mental illness are concepts bound by culture. Understanding of what connotes mental health is shaped by social norms that evolve from generation to generation
Using your knowledge of the cultural context of mental illness, what are risk factors that influence the incidence of mental illness?
1.Age
2.Genetics
3.Biological
4.Environment
A) 1, 2, 3
B) 1, 2, 4
C) 1, 3, 4
D) 2, 3, 4
D
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a. Occupational therapist b. Physical therapist c. Physician d. Social worker
At times, the gerontological nurse functions in the role of consultant when working with older clients. Which activities does the nurse perform while functioning in this role? Select all that apply.
1. Develops clinical pathways 2. Implements evidence-based practices 3. Develops quality assurance standards 4. Provides information about regulations 5. Provides instruction about healthy aging
There is dead tissue throughout the patient's nonhealing abdominal wound. The nurse prepares for which intervention needed to encourage this wound to heal?
1. Diet analysis for protein adequacy 2. Keeping the wound covered to increase oxygen to the wound bed 3. Debridement of devitalized tissue 4. Introduction of air into the wound for drying
A 45-year-old professional fisherman presents at the ophthalmologist's office after being referred by his family physician
The referral was made after a benign growth of the conjunctiva was found growing from the nasal side of the sclera to the limbus in the patient's right eye. The patient asks the nurse what this growth is. What is the best answer the nurse can give? A) "It is called hypertrophied conjunctiva." B) "It is called a pterygium." C) "It is called hypertrophied sclera." D) "It is called a pterygota."