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xclash

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The health care worker who should be referred to critical incident stress debriefing is
 
  a. A, who worked 8 hours at the information desk for the intensive care unit
  answering visitor queries.
  b. B, an emergency medical technician who treated victims of a car bomb attack on
  a large department store.
  c. C, a nurse who works at an oncology clinic with clients receiving chemotherapy.
  d. D, a case manager whose clientele are the seriously mentally ill being cared for at
  home.

Question 2

A student nurse visiting a nutrition center for the elderly tells the nursing instructor It is so
  depressing to see all these old people. They seem so weak and frail.
 
  I doubt if I will be able to do my
  assessment paper because they are probably all senile.. The student is expressing
  a. reality.
  b. ageism.
  c. vulnerability.
  d. empathy.



Ksanderson1296

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Answer to Question 1

B
Although each of the individuals mentioned experiences job-related stress on a daily basis, the
person most in need of critical incident stress debriefing is B, who experienced an adventitious crisis
event by responding to a bomb attack and providing care to trauma victims.

Answer to Question 2

B
Ageism is defined as a bias against older people because of their age. None of the other options can
be identified from the ideas expressed by the student.



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