The Nurse Observes the Client Walking into the Room and Climbing

question 13

Multiple Choice

The nurse observes the client walking into the room and climbing up on the exam table.The nurse notes this activity as a way to obtain data related to which of the following?

• A)The client's mobility status
• B)Subjective assessments related to ambulation
• C)Activity tolerance
• D)Strength of upper and lower extremities

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Definitions:

Ethology

Approach that argues that animal behaviour should be studied in the species’ natural physical and social environment. Behaviour is genetically determined and is controlled by natural selection.

Death Instinct

A psychoanalytic concept suggesting that individuals possess an unconscious wish to die or self-destruct, counterbalanced by life-sustaining instincts.

Psychodynamic Approach

A psychological perspective that emphasizes the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior, as well as the dynamics of interpersonal relationships.

Thanatos

In Freudian psychoanalysis, a drive towards death or self-destruction, often contrasted with the life instinct, Eros.