A Terminally Ill Patient Is Refusing to Take Adequate Pain

question 15

Multiple Choice

A terminally ill patient is refusing to take adequate pain medication. The patient expresses worry that the use of pain medication may result in addiction. A nurse should

• A) Express admiration for the patient's strength.
• B) Explain to the patient that morphine does not cause addiction.
• C) Place the medication in an intravenous (IV) drip.
• D) Teach the patient that addiction is not a concern during the terminal stages of illness.

Understand the concept of adolescence as a period of "storm and stress" as described by Stanley Hall, and differentiate it from other developmental perspectives.

Recognize the influence of societal structures, like continuous and discontinuous societies, on the adolescence experience.

Appreciate the historical context of adolescence, including changes brought by industrialization and educational shifts.

Grasp Freud's view on emotional upheaval during adolescence and its psychological implications.

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Definitions:

Critical Thinking Skills

The ability to actively and skillfully conceptualize, apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information to reach an answer or conclusion.

Dream-Work

In psychoanalysis, the process by which the unconscious mind alters the content of dreams to make them less distressing and more palatable to the waking mind.

Neurotic Symptoms

Psychological symptoms that are in response to stress but the individual is still in touch with reality, such as anxiety or depression.

Freud

Refers to Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist known for founding psychoanalysis.