A patient is 5′6″ tall and weighs 105 pounds. The patient has been taking laxatives daily and self-induces vomiting after eating. Which is the priority nursing diagnosis for this patient?
Ferdinand Magellan established a trade route between Mexico…
Ferdinand Magellan established a trade route between Mexico and
A preschool child is admitted to a psychiatric unit with the…
A preschool child is admitted to a psychiatric unit with the diagnosis autistic spectrum disorder. To help the child feel more secure on the unit, which intervention should a nurse include in this patient’s plan of care?
A nurse is caring for a patient who is experiencing a flat a…
A nurse is caring for a patient who is experiencing a flat affect, paranoid delusions, anhedonia, anergia, neologisms, and echolalia. Which statement correctly differentiates the patient’s positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
The nursing diagnosis for the patient with Binge Eating Diso…
The nursing diagnosis for the patient with Binge Eating Disorder is “Imbalanced Nutrition: more than body requirements”. Which of the following nursing interventions apply should be instituted? (Select all that apply)
Christopher Columbus’s decision to sail west to reach Asia w…
Christopher Columbus’s decision to sail west to reach Asia was based on
A patient diagnosed with bulimia nervosa, whose body type co…
A patient diagnosed with bulimia nervosa, whose body type could be described as normal, states, “I only feel good about myself if I am thin. Throwing up works for me.” Which nursing diagnosis addresses this patient’s expressed problem?
Which of the following are the two medications approved by t…
Which of the following are the two medications approved by the FDA in the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) for irritability and associated behaviors?
In their attempt to control the spice trade in the Indian Oc…
In their attempt to control the spice trade in the Indian Ocean, Europeans during the period between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries
A nursing instructor is teaching about the impaired nurse an…
A nursing instructor is teaching about the impaired nurse and the consequences of impairment. Which statement by a student indicates that further instruction is needed?