A patient whose spouse died last month of a sudden cardiac arrest tells the nurse that her 4-year-old child asks, "When is daddy coming home?" What should the nurse infer about the child's understanding of death in this situation? Death is
What is temporary
100
The primary concern in the Mental Health Clinical setting is:
What is safety
100
You would suspect atelectasis in a patient when you hear:
What is decreased breath sounds
100
Results of a patient's most recent blood work indicate an elevated neutrophil level. The nurse should recognize that this diagnostic suggests:
What is infection
100
This type of blood can be given to all patients
What is O- (negative)
200
A newborn baby is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The parents of the baby do not understand English. Who can the nurse use as an interpreter in the given situation?
What is a professional language interpreter
200
This term is defined as a type of therapy to gain insight into anxiety-producing situations in order to learn new responses:
What is cognitive therapy
200
What is the correct term for documents that are written statements of a person's wishes regarding medical care
What is an advance directive
200
A nurse is assessing a patient with nonhemolytic anemia. An integumentary finding indicative of anemia is:
What is pallor
200
The passage of blood from ruptured blood vessels into subcutaneous tissue, marked by a purple discoloration of the skin.
What is ecchymosis
300
The nurse is interacting with a parent of a 3-year-old about the psychological development of the child. The worried parent says, "My child thinks that Superman is his best friend and will save him even if he jumps from a building." What does the nurse infer about the child's thinking? The child has:
What is magical thinking
300
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5 theories used to study and assess mental health clients are:
What is Psychoanalytic Theory, Humanistic Theory, Behavior Theory, Cognitive Behavior Theory, Interpersonal Theory
300
A common complication of enteral feeding is
What is constipation
300
A primary clinical manifestation of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure is:
What is pulmonary edema
300
This emergency condition results from a sudden decrease in blood pressure and increased pulse rate and respirations.
What is shock
400
4 year old Juan is being admitted for a T&A. He is in Erickson's stage of
What is initiative vs. guilt
400
A deficiency in this vitamin is used to identify and streat alcoholism(Give both vitamin names):
What is vitamin B1/ thiamine
400
______ is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction, resulting from emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
400
The gold standard of diagnosing Cystic Fibrosis is the:
What is sweat chloride test
400
This chemistry value has a therapeutic range of 7-22 mg/dL
What is blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
500
**DAILY DOUBLE**
What disease is caused from an aganglionic segment of the colon?
What is Hirschsprung disease
500
When a patient, deemed cancer-free by numerous healthcare professionals, states, “I am really afraid. I’ve had these funny feelings in my stomach. I’m scared that I might have cancer”, the nurse suspects:
What is hypochondriasis
500
_____ is the first african american graduate nurse
What is Mary E. Mahoney
500
The nurse should monitor a postoperative patient who had a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for this life-threatening and common complication:
What is dysrhythmias
500
This device or tool might be inserted into the right atrium to serve as a guide for fluid replacement