The nurse who assesses for cultural influences, values cultural diversity, and incorporates cultural knowledge in practice is said to be ____________ _____________.
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Question 2When the dying patient becomes confused, the nurse should ____________ him or her.
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Question 3The nurse is caring for a victim of post-traumatic stress syndrome. The nurse identifies which techniques as examples of therapeutic communication? (Select all that apply.)
a. Listening
b. Reframing
c. Characterizing
d. Normalizing responses
e. Working to develop trust
Question 4The patient with a brain injury is beginning to regain memory. The nurse explains to the family that what will most likely occur?
a. The patient will become less combative.
b. The patient will become angrier.
c. The patient will become more depressed.
d. The patient will wish to retire.
Question 5The spinal cord injury patient has paralysis of all extremities and bowel and bladder disturbance. The nurse recognizes the injury as most likely occurring at what vertebral level?
a. C1 to C2
b. C3 to C4
c. C2 to C7
d. C4 to C7
Question 6When speaking to a group of high school students, the rehabilitation nurse states that spinal cord injuries resulting in paralysis occur mainly as the result of traumatic accidents in which group of individuals?
a. Middle-aged men
b. Older adult females
c. Young males
d. Young females
Question 7When the nurse observes a patient experiencing a severe episode of autonomic dysreflexia, what should be the initial intervention?
a. Locate the cause of irritation
b. Assess the blood pressure
c. Cover the patient with several blankets
d. Raise the head of the bed to a high Fowler position
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