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Many health providers define illness as pathology; however, people experience, rather than define, illness. How do most people experience illness?
 
  a. Feeling lousy, a true sense of not being all right
  b. A change in the way they feel or a disruption in their typical life
  c. Something to be dreaded and avoided if at all possible
  d. An experience that offers the potential for learning and spiritual growth

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A client has been hospitalized for 6 weeks. All of the following interventions are good ones, but which intervention is specifically focused on helping the patient cope with the emotional responses to prolonged hospitalization?
 
  a. Providing skin care every shift to prevent skin breakdown
  b. Encouraging the patient to get up in a chair to eat meals
  c. Assisting the patient to ambulate in the hallway for several minutes each day
  d. Designating a corner of the patient's room to display personal mementos


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janieazgirl

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D


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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
:D TYSM

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Excellent

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