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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783 Exercise 10
When a patient at the clinic is informed that testing indicates the presence of gonorrhea, the patient sighs and says, "That, I can handle." What does the nurse understand about the patient in this situation?
A) The patient is in denial about the possible complications of gonorrhea.
B) The patient does not perceive the gonorrhea infection as a threatening stressor.
C) The patient does not have other current stressors that require adaptation or coping mechanisms.
D) The patient knows how to cope with gonorrhea from dealing with previous gonorrhea infections.
A) The patient is in denial about the possible complications of gonorrhea.
B) The patient does not perceive the gonorrhea infection as a threatening stressor.
C) The patient does not have other current stressors that require adaptation or coping mechanisms.
D) The patient knows how to cope with gonorrhea from dealing with previous gonorrhea infections.
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B. When individuals do not become stress...
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
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