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LinkedIn Profile – For this class you will create a LinkedIn Profile. Increasingly LinkedIn is used in the hiring process.  You will include the following on your LinkedIn Profile: About – Personal Introduction, Leadership Motto or Quote, Mission and Vision Statement, Strengths description from the Myers Briggs assessment Education Accomplishments

Disorders that are at the end of the continuum of behaviors that begins with mild problems with emotional control and occasional impulsivity, then progresses to being called rambunctious, and finally moves to the extreme problematic level are referred to as

How is delirium different from dementia?

Which priority resource will the nurse manager share with a staff nurse who desires to learn more about expectations for providing direct gerontological care?

A technique by which messages can supposedly be sent to consumers, prompting them to buy a product without their ever being aware of receiving such messages is ________.

A client with severe and persistent mental illness has been taking antipsychotic medication for 20  years. During a therapy session, the nurse observes that the client’s behavior includes repetitive movements of the mouth and tongue, facial grimacing, and rocking back and forth. The nurse recognizes these behaviors as indicative of what?

When one object partially blocks another and is perceived as being closer, the distance cue is called ________

Veronica is walking on the beach on a Friday night. As she walks in and out of the surf, she feels the water at her ankles, and the sand between her toes. Suddenly, she hears a clap of thunder and feels the wind pick up. Seeing lightning in the distance, she realizes a storm is coming in. Veronica is able to organize all of this sensory information into a meaningful pattern using ________.

Brianna is 5 years old and just started kindergarten. She has always been a little girl with a lot of energy, but her parents just thought she was creative and active. They noticed that she seemed distractible and sometimes didn’t answer them if they asked her a question, but they didn’t think much of it.  It was not until Brianna started kindergarten that her parents began to worry because of comments from her teachers. The teachers report that Brianna is extremely forgetful and seems to have trouble organizing her activities. She also has a hard time waiting her turn for activities, and interrupts the teachers and other students in the classroom. After showing this behavior for the full school year, Brianna’s parents are worried, so they take her to a psychologist. After hearing all this information, the doctor is most likely to consider a diagnosis of: