Answer to Question 1
C
The client with bulimia nervosa usually maintains a close-to-normal weight, whereas the client with
anorexia nervosa may approach starvation. Options A, B, and D may be appropriate for clients with
either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: A
Nurses are professionally bound to uphold the American Nurses Association standards of practice
regardless of lesser standards established by a health care agency or a state. Conversely, if the
agency standards are higher than the American Nurses Association standards of practice, the agency
standards must be upheld. The courts may seek to establish the standard of care through the use of
expert witnesses when the issue is clouded.