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When treating life-threatening illnesses, how should physicians respond to the religious beliefs of their patients?
- A. Always give treatment that preserves life and offers the best outcome
- B. Initiate a respectful discussion that includes the patients' families and/or the patients' spiritual advisors
- C. Allow the patients to make the appropriate choices excluding outside influences
- D. Discourage the patients from making a decision based only on their religious beliefs
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Involving family and advisors respects beliefs while guiding treatment decisions.
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Women are overrepresented in family responsibilities
- A. Public sector
- B. Contingent
- C. Semi-skilled
- D. Private sector
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Contingent (flexible) work allows women to balance family duties.
The theorist who believes in psychosocial stages of development is
- A. Sigmund Freud
- B. Carl Rogers
- C. Abraham Maslow
- D. Erik Erikson
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Erikson's 8 psychosocial stages define development through social conflicts.
It is an arrangement according to a systematic division into categories or groups:
- A. Classification
- B. Prediction
- C. Selection
- D. Evaluation
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Classification organizes items systematically into categories or groups.
What is the primary result of a patient feeling 'judged'?
- A. The physician and/or the hospital becomes at risk for legal repercussions
- B. The physician's reputation becomes affected
- C. The patient will refuse copayment
- D. The effectiveness of the doctor-patient relationship may be jeopardized
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Feeling judged undermines trust, weakening the therapeutic relationship.
Which statement about targeted assessments is accurate?
- A. The need for a targeted assessment is based on the application of the nurse's knowledge of pathophysiology and the presenting symptoms.
- B. The need for a targeted assessment is based on the application of the nurse's knowledge of developmental needs and developmental delays.
- C. Targeted assessment is done on an annual basis for existing clients rather than a complete assessment that is done for new clients.
- D. Targeted assessments consist of a brief medical history and a complete assessment consists of a complete health history and a complete physical assessment.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Targeted assessments (A) focus on specific symptoms using pathophysiology.