Two nurses are discussing a client who is in a severely abusive relationship. One nurse cynically asks, Why doesn't she just leave him? Which response by the other nurse is most appropriate?
A) They don't know life any other way.
B) These women have limited cognitive skills and few vocational abilities to be able to make it on their own.
C) These women often have a lack of financial independence to support themselves and their children, and most have religious beliefs prohibiting divorce and separation.
D) A combination of physical threats made to her and her children and a sense of powerlessness and low self-esteem paralyzes her into inaction.
Question 2
A 47-year-old accountant lost his job 5 months ago and experiences, for the first time in his life, a marked state of depression. He makes an appointment to see a nurse psychotherapist at a clinic.
During the assessment, the nurse notes that the client exhibits poor personal hygiene, an altered activity level, and withdrawal. How should the nurse label these findings in documentation?
A) Affective
B) Physiological
C) Cognitive
D) Behavioral
Client on IV patient-controlled analgesia (PCA).
The nurse cares for the postop client in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).
Phases of the working relationship
Nurse measuring the recumbent height of a toddler
Testing the Achilles tendon reflex with client in a supine position
Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Health Care Professionals, 4/E