The Patient with Cirrhosis Has a Rising Ammonia Level and Is

question 47

Multiple Choice

The patient with cirrhosis has a rising ammonia level and is becoming disoriented.The patient waves to the nurse as she enters the room.How should the nurse interpret this?

• A) As an attempt to get the nurse's attention
• B) As asterixis
• C) As an indication of respiratory obstruction from varices
• D) As spasticity

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Definitions:

Observable Behaviours

Actions or reactions of an individual that can be directly seen and measured.

Behaviourism

A theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior and investigates how organisms learn new behaviors or modify existing ones, depending on whether events in their environments reward or punish these behaviors.

Unconscious

A part of the mind that hosts thoughts, memories, and desires not present in conscious awareness, influencing behavior and decisions.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.