A nurse caring for a cancer patient demonstrates paternalism when she cannot decide if she should give the patient discouraging lab results. This dilemma represents a conflict between which principles?
A. Beneficence and nonmaleficence
B. Autonomy and beneficence
C. Justice and veracity
D. Autonomy and justice
B. Autonomy and Beneficence
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When a patient complains of intense throbbing hip pain with ambulation, the nurse categorizes this as which type of pain?
A) Nociceptive pain B) Central pain C) Visceral pain D) Somatic pain
A nurse is providing care for a client who has been newly admitted to the long-term care facility. What is the primary criterion for the nurse's decision whether to use a mechanized assistive device for transferring the client?
A) The client's ability to assist B) The client's body weight C) The client's cognitive status D) The client's age
The nurse is caring for a client who states, "No one can understand God." The nurse would document the client's spiritual belief as:
A) atheist. B) agnostic. C) theist. D) holistic.
Floaters (chippers) usually don't maintain their own supply of drugs but prefer to use other's drugs. Experimenters primarily restrict drug usage to ______________ settings and are motivated by peer pressure and curiosity.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).