A 150-pound man is to receive a medication based on mg/kg. He is to receive 1 mg/kg. The nurse should give:
a. 50 mg.
b. 68 mg.
c. 75 mg.
d. 80 mg.
Question 2A nurse caring for the dying mother of a 7-year-old recognizes that the child:
a. associates death with aggression.
b. believes own death cannot be avoided.
c. lacks understanding of the concept of death.
d. understands death as the inevitable end of life.
Question 3The nurse recognizes that a woman who has experienced physical abuse and has inadequate income to care for herself and her family would be categorized under Axis ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Question 4A condition is which there is a lack of appetite resulting in the inability to eat is known as _______________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Question 5A patient whose spouse died 1 year earlier complains of feeling overwhelmingly lonely and has withdrawn from interpersonal interactions. The patient is demonstrating what stage of dying according to Kbler-Ross's stages of dying theory?
a. Anger
b. Denial
c. Depression
d. Bargaining
Question 6Adjunctive therapies are used for which reason(s)? (Select all that apply.)
a. To increase self-esteem
b. To promote interaction
c. To enhance reality orientation
d. To stimulate communication
e. To increase energy
Question 7Symptoms that are perceived by the patient are known as _____________ ____________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Question 8When a nurse informs a patient's spouse that the patient has died, the spouse states, You must be mistaken. According to Kbler-Ross's stages of dying theory, the spouse is demonstrating:
a. anger.
b. denial.
c. depression.
d. bargaining.
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