The nurse is developing a teaching plan on coping strategies for an extended family of a severely disabled 11-year-old child.What step should the nurse take first in developing this plan?

A) Assess the current coping patterns.
B) Establish each member's role.
C) Assign specific tasks and deadlines for each member.
D) Assess which family member has the most ineffective coping patterns.

A nurse is caring for pediatric patients and using the developmental theory to plan nursing care. What is the focus of this nurse's care?

A) Humans have an orderly, predictive process of growth and development.
B) Humans respond to threats by adapting with growth and development.
C) Humans respond with cognitive principles for growth and development.
D) Humans have psychosocial domains to growth and development.

A priority nursing intervention for a patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder is:

A) distracting the patient from self-absorption.
B) carefully and inconspicuously observing the patient around the clock.
C) allowing the patient to spend long periods alone in self-reflection.
D) offering opportunities for the patient to assume a leadership role in the therapeutic milieu.

Which patient is most likely experiencing positive nitrogen balance?

A) Third-degree burns of his legs
B) In the sixth month of a healthy pregnancy
C) Resident from a nursing home who has been refusing to eat
D) Experiencing acute pancreatitis

The nurse is caring for a patient in the emergency department with an injured shoulder. Which type of joint will the nurse assess?

A) Fibrous
B) Synovial
C) Synergistic
D) Cartilaginous

The nurse is discussing appropriate foods with the mother of a 3-year-old child. Which of these foods are recommended?

A) Foods easy to hold such as hot dogs, nuts, and grapes
B) Foods that the child will eat, no matter what the food
C) Any food, as long as the rest of the family is eating it, too
D) Finger foods and nutritious snacks that cannot cause choking

Stereotyping to draw conclusions from a person's background can be useful in understanding the patient.