Answer to Question 1
B
If the client indicates suicidal or homicidal ideations, the nurse needs to calmly determine if the person has a plan and how lethal the means are.
The question What is the hardest part about your wife's impending death? is appropriate after safety issues have been addressed.
The question What can I do to help make caring for your wife less stressful? is appropriate to assist with problem solving once safety issues have been addressed.
The question Can you tell me how caring for your wife has affected you personally? is appro-priate to assist with problem solving once safety issues have been addressed.
Answer to Question 2
C
The wound nurse clearly recommends that nurses on the unit, not the patient, should continue dressing changes. The nurses should not make a wrong assumption that the wound nurse is doing all the dressing changes. The recommendation states for the nurses to do the dressing changes. If the nurses feel strongly about obtaining another opinion, then the physician should be contacted. No evidence in the question suggests that the patient needs a second opinion.
Comparison of breast cancer and fibrocystic disease. (A) Breast with a malignant tumor growing in th
Breast cancer. Notice the tumor growing within a lactiferous gland, which occurs in infiltrating duc
Cylinder 1 slit signals the computer the piston position for cylinder 1. The 1-degree slits provide ...
Testing patellar reflex, client in a sitting position
Client’s view with visual field loss