The community is considered the client when:
1. The location of the practice is in the community, and the focus of the practice is on the individual.
2. The nursing focus is on the collective good of the population.
3. Families are cared for in the home setting.
4. The focus of practice is on families in the community.
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The community is considered the client when the nursing focus is on the collective good of the population.
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The severity of depressive symptoms in the postpartum period varies from a feeling of the "blues," to moderate depression, to psychotic depression or melancholia. Which disorder is correctly matched with its presenting symptoms?
1. Maternity blues (lack of concentration, agitation, guilt, and an abnormal attitude toward bodily functions) 2. Postpartum depression (irritability, loss of libido, sleep disturbances, expresses concern about inability to care for baby) 3. Postpartum melancholia (overprotection of infant, expresses concern about inability to care for baby, mysophobia) 4. Postpartum depressive psychosis (transient depressed mood, agitation, abnormal fear of child abduction, suicidal ideations)
A nurse is attempting to differentiate between the symptoms of anorexia nervosa and the symptoms of bulimia. Which statement delineates the difference between these two disorders?
1. Clients diagnosed with anorexia nervosa experience extreme nutritional deficits, whereas clients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa do not. 2. Clients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa experience amenorrhea, whereas clients diagnosed with anorexia nervosa do not. 3. Clients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa experience hypotension, edema, and lanugo, whereas clients diagnosed with anorexia nervosa do not. 4. Clients diagnosed with anorexia nervosa have eroded tooth enamel, whereas clients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa do not.
When teaching a client about coronary artery bypass surgery, the nurse understands that:
1. The client must still reduce or modify cardiac risk factors. 2. The surgery will prolong life by 2 years. 3. The surgery may only provide a minimal chance of functional improvement. 4. The client will be cured of atherosclerosis.
A client complains to the nurse that her daughter often shivers after she comes out of a swimming pool. What should the nurse's response be?
A) "This could be serious; you should consult a physician immediately." B) "This is an expected response; shivering is a body mechanism that assists temporary regulation." C) "This may be risky; your daughter should avoid swimming completely." D) "Your daughter should have a hot water bath as soon as she comes out of the pool."