According to the Uniform Crime Reports, in the United States

question 78

Multiple Choice

According to the Uniform Crime Reports, in the United States, hate crimes account for _____% of total criminal offenses.

• A) 41.5
• B) 31.5
• C) 21.5
• D) 11.5

Understand the role of a nurse in supporting patients and families through the end-of-life care process, including respecting patients' wishes and needs.

Recognize community-wide impacts of grief and approaches to handling collective mourning.

Explain the importance of allowing families to process loss in their own way and recognizing healthy coping mechanisms.

Describe the psychological impact of diagnosis and prognosis awareness in terminally ill patients.

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Definitions:

Factitious Disorder

A disorder characterized by faking or producing symptoms of illness or injury (e.g., by putting blood in a urine sample or swallowing a noxious substance) to gain a doctor’s attention and thus satisfy a need to play the role of patient. Classified in DSM-5 within the group of somatic symptom and related disorders.

Malingering

Pretending to be ill in order to achieve some specific objective. Not to be considered a somatoform disorder, in which the sufferer truly believes there is a serious physical problem.

Conversion Disorder

A mental condition where psychological stress is manifested as physical symptoms without an underlying medical cause.

Conversion Disorder

A mental condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other neurologic symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation.