The Nurse Is Teaching a Client Who Has a New

question 35

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching a client who has a new diagnosis of acute leukemia about the complications associated with chemotherapy. The client is restless and is looking away, never making eye contact. After the teaching, the client asks the nurse to repeatallofthe information. Based on this assessment, which of the following nursing diagnoses is most likely for this client?

• A)Ineffective denial related to ineffective coping strategies (leukemia diagnosis)
• B)Acute confusion related to pain (infiltration of leukemia cells into the central nervous system)
• C)Anxiety related to threat of death (leukemia diagnosis)
• D)Deficient knowledge (of chemotherapy) related to insufficient interest in learning

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Definitions:

Spoils System

The term meaning the filling of federal government jobs with persons loyal to the party of the president; originated in Andrew Jackson’s first term.

Whigs

A political faction and then a formal party in the parliaments of England, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, that was influential from the 1680s to the 1850s, advocating for parliamentary supremacy and opposed to the royal prerogative.

Spoils System

A practice where political party leaders give government jobs to their supporters as a reward for their assistance in achieving victory.

Meritocracy

A system of government or another organization wherein appointments and responsibilities are objectively assigned to individuals based upon their "merits", namely intelligence, credentials, and education, rather than on wealth, race, or social background.