A Patient Tells the Nursing Student, "I Keep Thinking of the Mistake

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient tells the nursing student, "I keep thinking of the mistake I made that led to the accident. I can't get it out of my mind. Now my son has a broken leg." The nursing student correctly identifies this as

• A) random thinking.
• B) habitual thinking.
• C) ruminative thinking.
• D) directed thinking.

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Definitions:

Postoperative

Pertaining to the period after a surgical operation.

Phonemically

Relating to phonemes, the smallest units of sound that can distinguish meaning in a language.

Semantically

Pertaining to the meanings or interpretations of words and sentences.

Structurally

Pertaining to the arrangement or organization of parts within a whole, often used in reference to physical, social, or abstract constructs.