A Patient Has Right-Sided Weakness and Aphasia as a Result

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient has right-sided weakness and aphasia as a result of a stroke but is attempting to use the left hand for feeding and other activities. The patient's wife insists on feeding and dressing him, telling the nurse, "I just don't like to see him struggle." A nursing diagnosis that is most appropriate in this situation is

• A) situational low self-esteem related to increasing dependence on others.
• B) interrupted family processes related to effects of illness of a family member.
• C) disabled family coping related to inadequate understanding by patient's spouse.
• D) ineffective therapeutic regimen management related to hemiplegia and aphasia.

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Definitions:

Sacrifice Ratio

An economic term that refers to the amount of production or output that must be forgone in order to reduce inflation by one percentage point.

Disinflates

The process of reducing the rate of inflation; a slowing in the rate at which prices increase, typically as a result of monetary policy actions.

Sacrifice Ratio

The sacrifice ratio is an economic concept that measures the cost of reducing inflation in terms of lost output or unemployment.

Disinflates

A process in which the rate of inflation decreases over time but does not turn negative.