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Nursing Professional Review: Clinical Practice and Care · Nursing · 26 practice questions
- Defense Mechanisms
- Ethical Principles
- Antipsychotic Adverse Effects
- Alcohol Withdrawal
- SSRIs
- Triage
- Therapeutic Communication
- Negligence and Confidentiality
1. A nurse fails to reposition a bedbound patient per protocol, and the patient subsequently develops a severe pressure ulcer requiring treatment. For a negligence claim to succeed, which element must be proven in addition to duty and breach of duty?
- ACausation and damages
- BJustice and fidelity
- CAutonomy and beneficence
- DVeracity and nonmaleficence
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A. Causation and damages The text lists the four elements of negligence as duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages.
2. A patient who is angry at her boss comes home and yells at her children instead. Which defense mechanism does this best illustrate?
- ADenial
- BDisplacement
- CProjection
- DRegression
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B. Displacement Displacement involves redirecting emotions from the original source to a safer target, as illustrated by yelling at children instead of the boss.
3. A patient on haloperidol develops sudden neck twisting and eyes rolled upward 2 days after starting therapy. Which medication is most appropriate to administer acutely?
- AFluoxetine
- BClozapine
- CBenztropine
- DLithium
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C. Benztropine This describes acute dystonia, which is treated with benztropine or diphenhydramine per the text.
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