Answer to Question 1
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A Incorrect. Without maintaining healthy professional boundaries, therapy cannot be provided to the client or the family.
B Correct. A nurse may become overninvolved, and lose professional status when being treated like just another member of the family.
C Incorrect. The working conditions may seem easier, but the conditions required for a therapeutic professional nursing relationship cease to exist.
D Incorrect. The trust issue depends upon the therapeutic professional nursing relationship.
Answer to Question 2
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A Correct. Under-involvement is signified by distancing, disinterest or neglect in interactions with the children and families in his or her assigned caseload.
B Incorrect. Over-involvement is described as excessive self-disclosure, casual, social conversations, and the family incorporating the nurse as a member of the family. This can be a serious problem for home health nurses.
C Incorrect. The zone of helpfulness is midway between under-involvement and over-involvement.
D Incorrect. Over-involvement can put the home care nurse at risk for burnout, requiring the nurse to withdraw for personal care.
The patient and his family meet with the nurse to discuss progress on the patient care plan.
Child with bacterial meningitis in an opisthotonic position.
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New England children like David, Joanna, and Abigail Mason (painted by an unknown artist around 1670
Marasmus The emaciated appearance of this child is a sign (and symptom) of marasmus
Cretinism can result in a child born to a mother who was iodine deficient during early pregnancy