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A nurse is planning care for a child who has increased intracranial pressure with a decreased level of consciousness. Which of the following intervention should the nurse include in the plan of care?
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Correct Answer: Maintain the head at a midline position.
Which therapeutic communication statement might a psychiatric-mental health registered nurse use when a patient's nursing diagnosis is altered thought processes?
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Correct Answer: You say you hear voices, what are they telling you?
A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client about the sexual response cycle integrating the theoretical model described by Masters and Johnson. Which of the following would the nurse describe as occurring first?
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Correct Answer: Erotic feelings
After teaching a patient who is receiving phenelzine, the nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the patient states the need to avoid which of the following?
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Correct Answer: Tap beers
When a new bill introduced in Congress reduces funding for care of persons diagnosed with mental illness, a group of nurses write letters to their elected representatives in opposition to the legislation. Which role have the nurses fulfilled?
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Correct Answer: Advocacy
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