A Novice Nurse Is Assigned a Patient Who Has an Order

question 6

Multiple Choice

A novice nurse is assigned a patient who has an order to draw blood for culture and sensitivity from a central line before antibiotic therapy is started.The novice reads and rereads the procedure manual.An hour later he stands at the bedside of the patient and stares at the central line,without knowing how to proceed.This phase of reality shock is identified with what term?

• A) Honeymoon
• B) Shock or rejection
• C) Recovery
• D) Resolution

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Definitions:

Testable Predictions

Hypotheses or statements that can be verified through empirical observation and experimentation.

Falsifiable

A characteristic of a theory that presents the possibility of being proven false by observation or experiment.

Replicable Results

Results that can be consistently repeated or duplicated in scientific experimentation, ensuring reliability.

Wish Fulfillment

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to the satisfaction of a desire through dreaming or fantasizing.