If a patient's threshold set point for anxiety is lowered, the nurse can expect subsequent stressors to
a. have a lesser effect.
b. easily reactivate the anxiety response.
c. produce marked personality disorganization.
d. be easily managed using familiar coping strategies.
Question 2
Which social event would likely be most disturbing for this soldier diagnosed with PTSD?
a. Halloween festival with neighborhood children
b. Picnic and fireworks display on July 4th
c. Singing carols around a Christmas tree
d. A family outing to the seashore
When using an interpreter, the nurse should pose questions directly to the patient, not the interpre
Physical therapist assisting a patient to walk in the parallel bars.
The nurse cares for the postop client in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).
Treating the pregnant patient
Patient teaching: female breast assessment
System of a patient in shock