A client, who is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, states to the nurse, "I do not want any further treatment but I am afraid my doctor will insist that I continue chemotherapy."
Which role is the nurse performing when informing the healthcare provider of the client's choice to stop treatment?
A) Change agent
B) Case manager
C) Advocate
D) Teacher
Answer: C
As change agents, nurses assist clients to make modifications in their behavior. Nurse case managers work with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan and to monitor outcomes. As client advocate, the nurse may represent the client's needs and wishes to other health professionals, such as relaying the client's wishes for information to the physician. As teachers, nurses' help clients learn about their health and about healthcare procedures used to restore or maintain their health.
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1. "We need to both be treated for sickle cell anemia before we can have a baby." 2. "We will have blood tests to determine if we are carriers." 3. "We need to see a genetics counselor to discuss the potential for having a child with sickle cell disease." 4. "Neither one of us has sickle cell disease, so any baby we have will be safe from the disease as well."
Which of the following statements about Healthy People is correct?
A. Healthy People 2010 was successful in reaching its goal of ending health disparities. B. Healthy People 2010 focused on climate change as one of the key factors contributing to health inequities. C. The goal of Healthy People 2020 was expanded to include improving the health of all ages and groups, and to eliminate all health disparities and inequities. D. The goal of Healthy People 2010 was to reduce health disparities and inequity.
You are a nurse working in a local jail. One of the guards informs you that a recent admission is a middle-aged man accused of molesting a child and who has a psychiatric history. The guard suggests a psychiatric evaluation on this inmate
Which of the following actions would be of top priority on your part? a. sorting out your feelings about child molestation before working with this client b. asking this client if he has thought about killing himself c. requesting the guard to keep an eye on the client until a psychiatrist comes to do the evaluation d. complete routine work so you can spend a block of time doing a full assessment on this client
A patient's medical record documents sexual masochism. This patient derives sexual pleasure:
a. from inanimate objects. b. by inflicting pain on a partner. c. when sexually humiliated by a partner. d. from touching a non-consenting person.