The nurse consciously integrates activities into a daily routine ...

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The nurse consciously integrates activities into a daily routine that facilitates self-care. What benefits can the nurse expect to gain from this habit? (Select all that apply.)
 
  A) Enriched interactions with patients
  B) Improved ability to demonstrate integrity
  C) Increased knowledge base of nursing practice
  D) Reprioritization of his or her patients' needs over his or her own
  E) Higher quality relationships with his friends and family

Question 2

The patient, age 26, is hospitalized with cardiomyopathy. While obtaining a nursing history from her, the nurse recognizes that the increased incidence of cardiomyopathy in young adults who have minimal risk factors for cardiovascular disease is
 
  related to a. cocaine use.
  b. viral infections.
  c. vitamin B1 deficiencies.
  d. pregnancy.

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Answer to Question 1

A, B, E
Feedback:
The benefits of self-care for gerontological nurses can be realized in higher quality interactions and relationships both with patients and the nurse's friends and family and the improved ability to demonstrate integrity. The goal and outcomes of self-care do directly address the knowledge base related to nursing practice and it is simplistic to state that self-care involves minimizing one's own needs in order to meet patients' needs.

Answer to Question 2

A
Cardiomyopathy caused by cocaine abuse is seen more frequently than ever before. Cocaine also causes high circulating levels of catecholamines, which may further damage myocardial cells, leading to ischemic or dilated cardiomyopathy. The cardiomyopathy produced is difficult to treat. Interventions deal mainly with the HF that ensues.