If the patient tells the nurse, "I'm not an alcoholic. I can stop whenever I want to," the nurse's most therapeutic response is:
a. "Well, why don't you?"
b. "Hasn't alcohol use interfered with your employment?"
c. "A positive attitude like that is a good start."
d. "What would you call alcoholism?"
B
When the addicted person presents denial, the nurse should use techniques to set limits on that behavior.
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U-100 on the label of an insulin vial means: ______________________________.
How should the nurse researcher most accurately interpret an odds ratio equal to 1.0?
a. This means there is no difference in the odds of an event occurring between the experimental and control groups. b. The event is less likely in the treatment group than in the control group. c. The event is more likely to occur in the treatment group than in the control group. d. Percent increase in risk of the event that is added after considering the percent of risk that would occur anyway.
A client has an insertion of an internal cervical radiation implant. When providing care, the nurse discovers the implant has come out. The MOST appropriate action for the nurse to take immediately is to:
a. call the physician b. pick up the implant with gloved hands and flush it down the toilet c. reinsert the implant into the vagina imme-diately d. pick up the implant with long-handled forceps and place into a lead container
The nurse documents a schizophrenic's delusion of persecution when the patient says:
a. "Did you know that I own this hospital and pay all these people to work for me?" b. "My doctor talked to all the other patients, but not to me. He doesn't want me to get well." c. "The president's speech tonight is going to give me a coded message." d. "I am going to wait in front of the hospital this morning for my limousine to pick me up and take me to my private jet."