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How should physicians approach patients with type 2 diabetes patients who also regularly visit holistic healers (curanderas)?
- A. Take a history of alternative medicines used by patients to avoid herb-drug interactions
- B. Highlight the shortcomings of herbal remedies for treating type 2 diabetes
- C. Meet with the holistic healer to discuss the patient's diabetes
- D. Disregard the patient's use of alternative medicines
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Assessing alternative medicine use prevents harmful interactions and respects patient beliefs.
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You are caring for a hospice client who is at the end of life. Based on this client's signs and symptoms, the client is comatose, dehydrated, free of pain, constipated, without distress and expected to die in a day or two. Which of the following is an appropriate client outcome or an appropriate intervention for this client?
- A. The client will be free of constipation
- B. The client will remain free of pain and distress
- C. The administration of an antiemetic to prevent vomiting and further dehydration
- D. The administration of an enema to correct the constipation
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Maintaining comfort (B) is appropriate given the client's state and prognosis.
It holds only a few items (research shows a range of $7+/-2$ items) and only lasts for about seconds:
- A. 30
- B. 20
- C. 10
- D. 25
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Short-term memory holds 7 ± 2 items for about 20 seconds, per Miller's 'Magical Number Seven' (1956).
In -----recognizes familiar people at a distance:
- A. 1 month
- B. 2 month
- C. 3 month
- D. 4 month
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: By 3 months, infants can recognize familiar people from a distance, showing improved visual acuity.
Gender roles refer to
- A. Rights, responsibilities, expectations of men and women
- B. Gender schema
- C. Subordination of women based on male superiority
- D. Gender stereotypes
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Gender roles encompass societal expectations for men and women.
The psychological test measure unconscious mind is
- A. Rorschach
- B. MMPI
- C. TAT
- D. All of these
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The Rorschach inkblot test probes unconscious thoughts and feelings through interpretation of ambiguous images.