An Unconscious Patient Is Admitted to the Emergency Department (ED)with

question 32

Multiple Choice

An unconscious patient is admitted to the emergency department (ED) with a head injury. The patient's spouse and teenage children stay at the patient's side and ask many questions about the treatment being given. What action is best for the nurse to take?

• A)Call the family's pastor or spiritual advisor to take them to the chapel.
• B)Ask the family to stay in the waiting room until the assessment is completed.
• C)Allow the family to stay with the patient and briefly explain all procedures to them.
• D)Refer the family members to the hospital counseling service to deal with their anxiety.

Understand the characteristic changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Recognize the impact of misinformation and interference on memory recall.

Comprehend the reconstructive nature of memory and its subjectivity.

Identify reasons for infantile amnesia.

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Definitions:

Neither

A conjunction used to indicate that two or more specified alternatives are not the case.

Antecedent

The first part of a conditional statement, the "if" clause, indicating the condition in a hypothetical proposition.

Consequent

The outcome or result in a conditional statement, typically represented as the "then" part in an "if-then" logic proposition.

Disjunct

A component of a disjunctive proposition—p and q.