Author Question: A patient diagnosed with an eating disorder asks to be excused from a meal to use the restroom. ... (Read 34 times)

Anajune7 · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

A patient diagnosed with an eating disorder asks to be excused from a meal to use the restroom. Select the nurse's best response.

a. No one is permitted to leave the table during meals.
b. You may go after you've finished your meal.
c. I will go with you to the restroom.
d. No. I know you want to vomit.

Question 2

Which vector is associated with transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?

a. Dog ticks
b. Mosquito bites
c. Airborne particles
d. Contaminated meat

amandalm · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Close observation is necessary to prevent patients with eating disorders from purging during and after meals. Patients should be accompanied to the bathroom and observed while in the bathroom to prevent purging. Bargaining, lying, and judgmental confrontation are not appropriate responses.

Answer to Question 2

D
Contaminated meat is the vector for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Dog ticks are the vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease. Mosquitoes are the vector for encephalitis. Airborne particles spread tuberculosis.