Nursing staff spend minimal time with a patient terminally ill with AIDS. The patient confides in the nurse leader, I am having many confusing emotions. Sometimes I feel angry, sometimes afraid, sometimes abandoned..
What is the most likely reason for the staff's avoidance of this patient? a. The need to use extra infection control precautions
b. Disapproval of the patient's former high-risk lifestyle
c. Feelings of inadequacy in dealing with complex emotional needs
d. Wisdom that the patient needs time alone with significant others and for meditation
Question 2
The nurse is working with a health care team with that believes in the philosophy of reality therapy. The nurse is aware that the team's belief is centered around:
a. Reorientation of the client to his or her environment
b. Describing clients as irresponsible rather than mentally ill
c. Looking at the client's past in determining how it has affected present behavior
d. Accepting the client's perceptions of right and wrong behavior in the development of his treatment plan
Physical assessment is one component of the nursing database
Chest X-ray of a patient with emphysema.
Algorithm for assessing a patient at risk for self-directed violence.
Severe periodontitis in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes.
Radiative forcing expresses change in energy input over time
Insomnia severity vs. time