The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Is Receiving

question 11

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving multiple drugs for treatment of tuberculosis.The nurse teaches the client the rationale for the multiple-drug treatment and evaluates learning as effective when the client makes which statement?

• A) "Multiple drugs are necessary to develop immunity to tuberculosis."
• B) "Multiple drugs are necessary because I became infected from an immigrant."
• C) "Multiple drugs will be required as long as I am contagious."
• D) "Multiple drugs are necessary because of the risk of resistance."

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Definitions:

Phallic Complex

A Freudian theory phase of childhood development characterized by attachment to the parent of the opposite sex and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Defence Mechanisms

Psychological strategies used unconsciously to protect oneself from anxiety and to cope with reality.

Fixation

In psychology, refers to a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier stage of psychosexual development.

Gratification

Satisfaction or pleasure felt upon meeting a desire or need.