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In dealing with end-of-life disputes between a patient's family members, under what circumstance would it be appropriate to invoke Catholic theology?
- A. Under any circumstance; Catholics favor preservation of life
- B. If the majority of the family is Catholic
- C. If the patient's next of kin is Catholic
- D. If the Catholic tradition is meaningful to the patient
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Relevance to the patient ensures respect for their beliefs.
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Which term describes how we construct our sense of self by imagining how we look to another person?
- A. Looking glass self
- B. Language
- C. Minding
- D. Transacting
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The looking-glass self (Cooley) shapes self-concept through imagined perceptions.
Parents of a mentally ill teenager say, We have never known anyone who was mentally ill. We have no one to talk to because none of our friends understand the problems we are facing. Select the nurses most helpful intervention.
- A. Refer the parents to a support group.
- B. Build the parents self-concept as coping parents.
- C. Teach the parents techniques of therapeutic communication.
- D. Facilitate achievement of normal developmental tasks of the family.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The need for support is evident. Referrals are made when working with families whose needs are unmet. A support group, such as through the National Alliance on Mentally Illness (NAMI), will provide the parents with support of others with similar experiences and with whom they can share feelings and experiences. The distracters are less relevant to providing a network of support.
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.
No lessons are given in Montessori method.
- A. Individual
- B. Self-constructed
- C. Group
- D. Self-Evaluated
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Montessori avoids traditional group lessons, favoring individual or self-directed learning experiences.
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.