Exam 2: Tabers

Sofia completes her military service and earns an Honorable Discharge. She found her office job in the Navy to be satisfying and rewarding. She never faced combat or knew any close friends who experienced battlefield injuries or death. On returning home she has difficulty adjusting to civilian life. She misses her circle of friends, cannot easily find a job, and spends weeks sleeping poorly, eating little, having no appetite, and barely able to leave her home. She finds that activities that used to give her pleasure are no longer satisfying. Which of the following best fits her symptoms?

In the ICU if a person is receiving mechanical ventilation that is too rapid, she is likely to experience:

Hakeem has been known to suffer with a psychotic illness for several years. Lately his behavior has become more unusual. He tells you he is certain you can hear what he is thinking. He is describing a medically unexplained delusion called:

Of the infectious diseases listed below, the most common cause of diarrhea in children is:

Elgar has had a history of depressive symptoms for about a year, and begins to take antidepressant medications to improve them. A few weeks into his treatment his spouse notices he is unusually enthusiastic. He reports that he wants to travel the world, and if he can't afford the travel he'll "max out our credit cards" and "just go." His spouse says he "seems to be talking and going a mile a minute." The change in Elgar's behavior suggests which of the following conditions?

A Power of Attorney for Health Care specifies:

A common finding in a patient with chronic pain is:

Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disorder. This means that an individual with sickle cell anemia:

How often should stethoscopes be cleaned to prevent the spread of infection in the ICU?

Excessive use of, or dependence on the Internet, computers, smart phones, social media and video games, when this use interferes with other functional activities of daily living is an example of a(n) _________ disorder.

Which of the following is an aerosol-generating procedure that requires airborne precautions?

A cancer has spread from the place where it arose to other parts of the body. It has:

One of the major goals of Infection Control nursing is the PREVENTION of:

For several months after a pregnancy that ends in miscarriage, a colleague appears to lose interest in work and family, and loses a lot of weight. She says she is always tired, cannot sleep well, and worries that she will never be able to have a family. She says she hasn't any interest in being social anymore, and often appears on the verge of tears. You are concerned she may have:

After her stroke, Melania appeared to understand what others were saying (she could follow commands) but she was unable to speak. Inability to put thoughts into words is known as:

Medication should always be given:

An oncogenic virus is a virus that can contribute to the development of cancer. Which of the following is an oncogenic virus associated with cancer of the liver (also known as hepatocellular carcinoma).

Which of the following disease processes is characteristic of a sickle cell crisis?

People sometimes ______________ their own immoral behaviors to make themselves feel the actions were acceptable or normal. (FILL in the BLANK with the word below that best fits this sentence).

Which of the following parts of the body have the largest body surface area: