When caring for a middle-aged adult exhibiting maladaptive coping skills, the nurse is trying to determine the cause of the patient's behavior. From a growth and development perspective what should the nurse recall?

When caring for a middle-aged adult exhibiting maladaptive coping skills, the nurse is trying to determine the cause of the patient's behavior. From a growth and development perspective what should the nurse recall?

Of the following interventions, which would be the most important for preventing skin impairment in a mobile patient with local nerve damage?

A patient is experiencing a subjective sense of numbing and a reduced awareness of surroundings. The patient is experiencing what ego defense mechanism?

A family is grieving after learning of a family member's accidental death. The transplant coordinator requests to talk with the family about possible organ and tissue donation. The nurse recognizes that:

The nurse using critical thinking skills to enhance communication with patients is one who:

An elderly patient is wearing a hearing aid. Which technique should the nurse use to facilitate communication?

A patient with an indwelling urinary catheter has been given a bed bath by a new nursing assistant. The registered nurse evaluating the cleanliness of the patient notices crusting at the urinary meatus. The best next action of this nurse is to:

The patient is unable to move himself and needs to be pulled up in bed. For this repositioning to be done safely, the nurse must understand that:

The patient is brought to the Emergency Department with possible injury to the left shoulder. Which area will the nurse assess to best determine joint mobility?

The patient has been in bed for several days and needs to be ambulated. Before ambulation, the nurse: