Exam 33: Self-Concept

Children learn to live an authentic lifestyle through culturally accepted behaviors,values,and role modeling.A child who does this is attempting to create his or her own

A newly hired nurse is struggling with night shift work and caring for multiple family members at home.The nurse manager calls the new nurse in to talk about how the nurse is negatively affecting patient self-concept by ignoring patients' concerns.The nurse manager should focus on the new nurse's

The developmental self-concept task known as initiative versus guilt would occur in which person?

"I'm such a loser.I only had that job for a month." Identify appropriate nursing outcome criteria for this individual.

While gathering an adolescent's health history,the nurse recognizes that the patient began to act out behaviorally and engage in risky behavior when her parents divorced.In considering an altered self-concept nursing diagnosis,the nurse would gather what information?

A verbally abusive partner has told his significant other many negative comments over the years.In the crisis center,the nurse would anticipate that the patient may have which of the following self-concept deficits?

A 9-year-old is proudly telling everyone about mastering the yellow belt in her martial arts class.Identify the appropriate developmental task.

The nurse in an addictions clinic is working with a patient on priority setting before the patient's discharge from residential treatment.An appropriate priority for a patient at this clinic would be

The nurse can best assess the patient's self-concept by evaluating the patient's

The nursing student can help geriatric patients' self-concept by using which technique?

Identify the assessments suggestive of an altered self-concept.

Two 50-year-old men are discussing their Saturday activities.The first man describes how he tutors children as a volunteer at a community center.The other man says that he would never work with children,and that he prefers to work out at the gym to meet young women to date.The second man's statement reflects which developmental stage?

Potential predictors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents are

A priority nursing intervention for a postoperative mastectomy patient is which of the following?

Based on the following data,which person is likely to have the highest self-esteem?

A nurse who grimaces when seeing a patient's colostomy opening while changing the colostomy bag is most likely to have what effect on the patient?

An adult is adjusting to the idea of his chronically ill parent moving into the family home.The community health nurse would assess the adult son for which potential stressor secondary to the new family living arrangement?

The nurse can assist the patient in becoming more self-aware by using which technique?

Which of the following individuals is most likely to need the nurse's assistance because of the presence of identity confusion?

Based on current evidence,the nurse who plans smoking cessation interventions for adolescent girls should focus on interventions directed toward