Answer to Question 1
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Rationale 1: Vicarious trauma refers to a gradual internal transformation that can negatively affect aspects of personality, including a reduction of any sense of accomplishment.
Rationale 2: Vicarious trauma negatively affects commitment to one's work.
Rationale 3: Vicarious trauma refers to a gradual internal transformation that can negatively affect aspects of personality, including a questioning of personal belief systems.
Rationale 4: A balance of time for family, self, friends, and work is not a problem, and is not indicative of vicarious trauma.
Rationale 5: Frustration with the judicial system is not indicative of vicarious trauma. It is not the nurse but the victim and the victim's family and friends who feel frustration with the judicial system.
Answer to Question 2
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Rationale 1: As maternal hormones clear the newborn, it is not unusual to find blood on the diapers of a female newborn. This is referred to as pseudomenstruation.
Rationale 2: A urinary infection does not cause pseudomenstruation.
Rationale 3: An immature immune system does not cause pseudomenstruation.
Rationale 4: This is not characteristic of physiologic jaundice.
When using an interpreter, the nurse should pose questions directly to the patient, not the interpre
The general survey includes assessing every patient for signs of distress.
Application of an ostomy bag or pouch: B, An ostomy nurse applying an ostomy bag to a stoma;
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