The nurse is preparing to provide disease management care to a patient with heart failure. On what should the nurse focus when caring for this patient?
Select all that apply.
1. Disease process
2. Daily monitoring
3. Medication management
4. Transfer to long-term care
5. Frequency of hospitalization
Correct Answer: 1, 2, 3
The disease management model focuses on providing education and instruction about the disease, its management, and self-monitoring. Long-term care and hospitalization frequency are not aspects of this approach to chronic care.
You might also like to view...
A major threat to health care workers is blood-contaminated sharps. What should the nurse use to discard the used syringe?
a. Wastebasket b. Sink c. Puncture-proof container d. Disinfecting soap
The nurse caring for a patient admitted with somatic symptom disorder questions the health care provider about which orders? Select all that apply
1. Morphine 4 mg PO prn pain 2. Alprazolam 2 mg PO prn anxiety 3. Teach patient breathing techniques 4. Psychotherapy with family involvement 5. Walk 15-30 minutes per day in neighborhood
The nurse is monitoring central venous pressure. Which statement is correct regarding central venous monitoring?
1. An increasing trend in central venous pressure may result from fluid building in the lungs. 2. A decreasing trend in central venous pressure may indicate right heart failure. 3. It is better to look at current numbers for central venous pressure monitoring rather than trends. 4. Central venous pressure is a direct measurement of systemic vascular resistance.
A client is prescribed aripiprazole (Abilify) to treat both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. What will the nurse explain as the medication's mechanism of action?
1. Increasing norepinephrine activity by blocking its synaptic reuptake 2. Partial agonist activity at dopamine type 2 (D2 and D3) and serotonin type 2 3. Inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin at the synapse 4. Binding to the GABA receptor