Exam 54: Psychologic Responses to Illness

The star quarterback on the high school football team is injured in a motorcycle accident.He will be unable to play football again.In planning his care,an appropriate nursing diagnosis for coping is:

When the patient is given a diagnosis of cancer,his first statement is,"What did I ever do to deserve God punishing me?" This is an example of:

In planning care for a native-American patient who is taking herbal remedies and nutritional supplements,the nurse should inform the patient that:

The goal of nursing care for the patient with a chronic illness is to:

When the 25-year-old woman who had a hysterectomy 1 day earlier tearfully tells the nurse that she is grieving for the children she will never have,the nurse assesses the grief as positive because it allows the patient to:

The stage in which introspection is a major characteristic is:

The nurse assesses that the 42-year-old patient who still lives with her parents and is dependent on them for decisions about her life is lacking in the mental health characteristic of:

The nurse questions the patient as to how he has coped with previous stressful situations,because the nurse is aware that coping strategies are influenced by:

When the nurse assesses the social dimension of the patient's persona,the nurse will evaluate how the patient:

When dealing with a patient who is an alcoholic in denial and claims he only drinks in social situations,the nurse will:

The 24-year-old man scheduled for brain surgery in the morning constantly listens to music with his headphones on.The nurse recognizes this as a:

The nurse is aware that a preschooler's experiences in a kindergarten can help with adapting to:

The wife of a critically injured husband has been at his bedside constantly for 2 days.As the nurse speaks to the wife,the wife sobs,"This is awful.I can't take it anymore." The nurse realizes that the wife is experiencing:

The patient with low back pain confesses that he drinks heavily each night to help him sleep and control pain.This behavior would be an example of:

The nurse recognizes the defense mechanism of denial when the patient with:

The mother of a 5-year-old patient says that she is just mortified by his rude vocabulary since he has started school.The nurse reminds her that the best response to this behavior is to:

The nurse explains that the difference between fear and anxiety is that fear is a(n):

A 5-year-old patient who was in an accident in which his cousin was killed starts to wet the bed at night.When the mother confirms that it has been several years since the patient had any difficulty with bed wetting,the nurse asks:

The nurse identifies the patient who will experience the greatest cultural impact on his coping with a chronic debilitating illness as the:

The nurse would describe a patient who has a functional interaction of his cognitive,affective,behavioral,and social dimensions of his personality as: