68. Family members of the dying patient are dealing with loss, yet they feel they must appear as if everything is normal. Family members should be taught that: 

48. A patient may use avoidance behaviors when they are dying. An example of avoidance behavior is: 

122. To follow up on the complaints of her headache, an exam will be done that is able to visualize cross sectional tissues in the brain. She will be undergoing a(n):

36. Not everyone who is dying wants to talk about what is happening to them. However, they should be encouraged to:

93. Which of the following is a commonly experienced problem for a P.T. when caring for long-term cancer patients:

25. One of the HCW’s main responsibilities in helping maintain a normal fluid and electrolyte balance in a postoperative patient is: 

66. Therapeutic communication between the patient and the P.T. provides communication that is:

22. Select the most important nursing intervention in the immediate care of the patient following surgery.

85. When a doctor performed a vasectomy he/she ligated (tied off) the:

63. Your patient has just been told yesterday that there is nothing now that can be done for him and that death is not far away. He is very withdrawn today. The most therapeutic intervention the P.T. can provide for the patient is to: