Answer to Question 1
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Rationale 1: In the shock phase, a woman makes statements such as this.
Rationale 2: Looking at the future is part of the recovery phase.
Rationale 3: Acknowledging cancer as part of one's life is the reorientation phase.
Rationale 4: In the reaction phase, a woman deals with the impending loss of the breasts.
Answer to Question 2
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Rationale 1: This response focuses on the nurse, and does not provide specific information to answer the patient's question.
Rationale 2: The use of an SCD helps prevent thrombus formation until the patient is ambulating.
Rationale 3: Focusing on the pain is a negative emphasis. In addition, pain medications work best when they are taken as the pain is intensifying.
Rationale 4: Epidural anesthesia prevents leg function, and therefore ambulation, but does not impact a mother's ability to breastfeed.
Critical thinking involves analysis in which the nurse examines patient data available from a variet
Symptoms of a patient in shock.
Preparing a Manual Patient Ledger.
A patient with goiter due to iodine deficiency.
Variations in patient response to drugs