The nurse would document a patient's religious affiliation and participation in the local parish within which functional health pattern category?
1. Values-beliefs
2. Cognitive-perceptual
3. Coping-stress tolerance
4. Self-perception-self-concept
Question 2New graduates should purchase their own malpractice insurance rather than depend on institutional insurance because their own policy will:
a. not cover them unless they are on the job.
b. carry liability coverage.
c. protect them against all lawsuits.
d. protect them from losing their license.
Question 3A 77-year-old woman who lives with her husband has undergone cardioversion twice in the past several months for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
When performing health education with the patient's husband, what subject matter should the nurse emphasize?
A) The pharmacodynamics of the warfarin that the woman has been prescribed
B) The importance of facilitating a low-activity lifestyle for the woman
C) The correct technique for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
D) The rationale for performing cardioversion in the treatment of the woman's arrhythmia
Question 4The nurse is completing a functional health pattern assessment with an older patient who volunteers for political functions. In which functional health pattern would this information be categorized?
1. Values-beliefs
2. Cognitive-perceptual
3. Coping-stress tolerance
4. Self-perception-self-concept
Question 5The nurse is reviewing the discharge plans for an 84-year-old man who is to leave tomorrow. Included is a plan for quitting smoking.
In discussing this with a co-worker, the nurse states, I don't know why we need to do this, he has been smoking for years, and he isn't going to stop now. This statement by the nurse reflects the concept of
A) senescence.
B) reality orientation.
C) negative stereotyping.
D) character assessment.