The nurse recognizes that a handicap differs from impairment in that a handicap is:
a. a loss of function.
b. a disadvantage that limits a particular individual in his or her usual role performance.
c. a specific restriction to perform an activity or role.
d. usually of a physical nature.
Question 2
The postpartum patient complains of discomfort in her breasts. When explaining engorgement to the mother, the nurse states that it:
a. occurs on the first or second postpartum day.
b. is first observed in the axillary region.
c. occurs only in women who are not breastfeeding.
d. occurs near the nipple on the third postpartum day.
Terrestrial plants and animals can be characterized by analogous pathways for water gain and loss.
Nurse-patient interaction; nonveral communication
Nurse-patient interaction; nonverbal communication
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Relative levels of neuronal loss in HD transgenic mice