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You are caring for a multiple trauma client who has just arrived at the emergency room with a number of other external disaster victims. This client has multiple blast injuries and hypovolemic shock; it is anticipated that this unstable critically injured and unconscious client will have long term intravenous therapy, blood products and possibly hyperalimentation as well. Which type of venous access would you most likely anticipate for this client?
- A. A percutaneous, non tunneled subclavian catheter
- B. A peripheral intravenous catheter that is 20 gauge
- C. A multi lumen implanted tunneled and cuffed central venous catheter
- D. A peripherally inserted central venous catheter
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A tunneled multi-lumen catheter (C) suits long-term critical needs.
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Select the member of the multidisciplinary team that you would most likely collaborate with when the client can benefit from the use of adaptive devices for cutting food?
- A. The physical therapist
- B. The occupational therapist
- C. The dietician
- D. The podiatrist
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Occupational therapists focus on daily living skills and adaptive equipment.
The theorist believed that a persons behavior is related to ineffective personality development in childhood.
- A. Sigmund Freud
- B. Erik Erikson
- C. Jean Piaget
- D. Abraham Maslow
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: One of Freud's beliefs was that behaviors resulting from ineffective personality development are unconscious. Freud believed that ineffective personality development was in some way related to the relationship of the child to the parent and that it was related to what he called psychosexual development.
he theorist who believes that human have inherent worth is
- A. Sigmund Freud
- B. Carl Rogers
- C. B.F. Skinner
- D. Albert Bandura
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Carl Rogers' humanistic theory asserts that all humans have inherent worth.
The ethnic-sensitive practice model...
- A. Has been proven to be invalid
- B. States that nonconscious phenomena affect family functioning
- C. Considers the past more important than the present
- D. Says ethnicity is always a source of strain, discordance and strife
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: This model emphasizes how nonconscious cultural factors influence family dynamics, integrating ethnicity as a key lens.
Which sound should you expect to hear when you percuss the liver during a complete physical assessment?
- A. Resonance
- B. Flatness
- C. Tympany
- D. Dullness
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Dullness (D) is expected over the liver due to its solid nature.