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madam-professor

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on: Jul 19, 2018
While working with a woman who is experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a rape, the focus of your therapeutic nursing technique should be to help the patient to:
 
  A) Begin legal action against the rapist
  B) Repress the situation and move on with her life
  C) See that allowing the situation to dominate her is not helping
  D) Put the situation into perspective and understand what happened to her

Question 2

Shayna is a 27-year-old African-American female. She fell at the mall while shopping and has been transported to the urgent care center for examination and x-rays.
 
  The x-rays were negative for long bone fracture, but Shayna was not prescribed anything for her pain. Nurses know that this type of injury is often painful and it is customary to prescribe medications. According to recent studies within health care, failure to offer Shayna pain medication could be a form of:
  A) Prejudice
  B) Ethnocentrism
  C) Stereotype
  D) Malpractice


brittanywood

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A


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