Based on school-age cognitive development, which teaching technique could you anticipate would be best received?

A 13-year-old boy is hospitalized for a fractured femur. He was hit by a car while he and his friends were racing bikes near a major intersection.  The child’s parents are concerned about his judgment.  What should the nurse tell the parents about the child’s behavior?

The identification of a disease or condition through a scientific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, history, lab test, and procedures describes what?

The manner in which an individual responds to stress is mediated by their what?

During a physical exam the nurse discovers that the patient demonstrates signs of flushed, dry, hot skin; dry oral mucus membranes; and temperature elevation. The nurse will treat these data as the basis of a nursing diagnosis as they represent what?

An important consideration when developing the care plan, related outcomes, and goals is to assure what?

A nurse is examining a client with obvious deformity of the forearm.  Which should the nurse include in the focused assessment?

Which best exemplifies a client’s use of reaction formation?

The nurse writes 2 nursing diagnoses: #1 Inadequate nutritional intake RT vomiting #2 Risk for impaired skin integrity RT inadequate nutrition The major difference between the 2 diagnoses is that Diagnosis #2 

Which is a physiologic sign of stress?