During a mental status evaluation, a nurse's intuition may indicate:
a. clues about the patient's physical well-being.
b. subtle emotions being expressed by the patient.
c. areas to be explored in the predischarge interview.
d. potential nursing diagnoses that relate to a patient knowledge deficit.
Question 2
A couple reports having rare-to-occasional variations in their sexual response patterns. The nurse should conclude that this couple has:
a. no medically diagnosed health problem.
b. behaviors in accordance with sexual dysfunction.
c. engaged in sexual perversion or deviations regularly.
d. at least one partner who experiences a gender identity disorder.
Bipolar disease. The term bipolar means “pertaining to two poles.” The individual with this form of
Stained section of cerebral cortex from autopsy of a patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Teaching patient discharge instructions
A physician uses a portable electronic tablet to enter patient data while in the examination room.
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Denture sore mouth in a patient who never removed partial dentures at night.