Exam 26: Self-Concept

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

An adult is adjusting to the idea of his chronically ill parent's 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?

While documenting an adolescent's health history,the nurse recognizes that the patient began to act out behaviourally and engage in risky behaviour when her parents divorced.In considering a nursing diagnosis of Altered self-concept,the nurse would gather what information?

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

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

A priority nursing intervention for a patient who has undergone a mastectomy is which of the following?

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

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

Identify the assessments suggestive of an altered self-concept.

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.What should the nurse manager focus on?

Two 50-year-old men are discussing their Saturday activities.The first man describes tutoring children as a volunteer at a community centre.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?

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

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

The nurse can best assess the patient's self-concept by evaluating which of the following?

Which of the following behaviours are suggestive of altered self-concept? (Select all that apply. )

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

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

Which of the following factors have been shown to be positively associated with self-esteem in adolescents? (Select all that apply. )

Children learn to live an authentic lifestyle through culturally accepted behaviours,values,and role modelling.A child who does this is attempting to create what?