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nursing test 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One way in which communication with a patient with a hearing deficit can be facilitated is to | decrease background noises (as from a television). |
| Nontraditional families do not fit the description of some other families. For example, | same-sex parents who have established a functioning household may have children from other relationships or children who have been adopted or conceived through medical procedures. |
| A husband, wife, and children reflect a | nuclear family |
| A mother with two children reflects a | single-parent family |
| College students sharing an apartment reflects a | communal family |
| involuntary immediate responses a person makes to a life threatening situations is a | coping responses |
| the process of applying thoughts and actions to deal with stressful events is | coping |
| two major coping strategies are | problem focused and emotion focused |
| cognitive reappraisal uses reality checking to | reduce future negative emotions and behaviors |
| if there is an unexpected death, IV's and other lines and tubes should | not be removed because the body may need to be examined by a medical examiner |
| there are three spiritual needs underlying all religious traditions and common to all people: | the needs for meaning and purpose, love and relatedness, and forgiveness. |
| spiritual need represents a normal expression of a person's inner being that seeks meaning | in all experience as well as in a dynamic relationship with self, others, and with the supreme other as the person defines it |
| spiritual needs must be met for | individuals to find purpose and meaning in life |
| Dyspareunia is | painful intercourse |
| Difficulty achieving orgasm is documented as | orgasmic dysfunction |
| Abstention from sexual intercourse is documented as. | celibacy |
| involuntary contraction of the muscles surrounding the vaginal orifice so that penetration may be impossible and very painful is called | vaginismus |
| Therapeutic coping strategies usually help the person to acquire | insight, gain confidence to confront reality, and develop emotional maturity |
| Maladaption results when people use non-therapeutic coping strategies such as | mind- and mood-altering substances, hostility and aggression, excessive sleep, avoidance of conflict, and abandonment of social activities |
| Sensory manipulation involves altering | moods, feelings, and physiologic responses by stimulating pleasure centers in the brain using sensory stimuli |
| Negative coping strategies may provide | immediate temporary relief from a stressor, but they eventually cause problems |
| Two helpful relaxation activities, to be practiced three or four times at each session are | deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation |
| assertive behavior enables people to | act in their best interests, to stand up for themselves, to express their feelings and to exercise their rights without infringing on the rights of others |
| physical activity or exercise is a technique that | helps counter the effects of the stress response |
| when a person is relaxed, breathing slows and | deepens and the heart rate returns to normal |
| meditation is a technique that can be used to | help individuals enhance positive emotions, by sitting in a quite spot with their eyes closed |
| Extended families with several generations living together in one residence are called | intergenerational families |
| includes children who live with one birth parent and one parent as well as any offspring of the non-birth parent | A blended family |
| A communal family includes a | number of members who share a common bond such as religious affiliation, ideology, or economic need |
| involves people living together without the formal or legal bond of marriage | A cohabitated family |
| The Adventist religion prohibits the taking of | narcotics and stimulants because the body is a temple. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses prohibit | blood transfusions because it violates God's law |
| Native American religions incorporate | medicine men or women for healthcare needs |
| Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are required to wear | special undergarments that should be removed only in an emergency. |
| A client with schizophrenis shows | distortion of reality and difficulty processing information |
| grief is the characteristic pattern of | psychological and physiologic responses a person experiences after the loss of a significant person object, belief or relationship |
| loss is defined as as the | experience of parting with an object, person belief or relationship that one values |
| a material loss is a loss of | some tangible object or possession |