Author Question: The home health nurse makes a nursing diagnosis of unresolved grief for a patient who was widowed 5 ... (Read 64 times)

rachel9 · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

The home health nurse makes a nursing diagnosis of unresolved grief for a patient who was widowed 5 months ago after:

a. seeing that the patient keeps a picture of the husband by her bed.
b. the patient said tearfully, I can't believe he is gone.
c. assessing that the patient eats out frequently rather than cooking at home.
d. the patient says that she attends church three times a week.

Question 2

A physician documents that a patient has a scleral icterus. The nurse understands this indicates that the color of the patient's sclera is:

a. red.
b. blue.
c. green.
d. yellow.

cici · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Unresolved grief results when a grieving person doesn't move past some stage of grief work. The widow is still in denial.

Answer to Question 2

D
Scleral icterus means the color of the sclera is yellow. The jaundice is due to coloring of the sclera with bilirubin that infiltrates all tissues of the body.