The professional in the allied health team whose job it is to assist the individual in the activities of daily living is the:
a. occupational therapist.
b. speech therapist.
c. physiotherapist.
d. nurse.
a
Occupational therapists assess the need for, and provide,
adaptive devices to aid in the activities of daily living.
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A. Assist the woman into the tub so she doesn't fall. B. Ensure the water temperature does not exceed 101 °F (38.3 °C). C. Inform her that she is not able to participate in this method. D. Remove the fetal monitor wires prior to the patient's getting in the tub.
A nurse is working with a 17-year-old girl with bulimia nervosa. What experience in the nurse's own life could interfere most with nurse's objectivity?
1. The nurse has a poor body image. 2. The nurse has a friend who was bulimic. 3. The nurse was bulimic as an adolescent. 4. The nurse has never had any personal experience of bulimia.
Following an above-the-knee amputation, the client continues to complain of pain in the amputated leg. The nurse determines that the client is experiencing which of the following types of pain:
A) psychosomatic. B) referred. C) myofascial. D) phantom limb.
A nurse is caring for two clients: one with schizoid personality disorder and another with avoidant personality disorder. What is the essential difference between schizoid and avoidant personality disorders?
A) Both find their interpersonal relationships lacking. Individuals with avoidant personality disorder desire intimacy but fear it, while persons with schizoid personality disorder prefer to be alone. B) Individuals with schizoid personality disorder exhibit odd, bizarre, and eccentric behavior, while persons with avoidant personality disorder are generally normal in appearance. C) Persons with avoidant personality disorder are more eccentric, while those with schizoid personality disorder are dull and vacant. D) Individuals with schizoid personality disorder have a history of psychotic thought processes, while persons with avoidant personality disorder remain based in reality.