A nurse believes additional funding is necessary to support a home-delivered meal program for the elderly. The best way to share these ideas with a legislator is to:
a. Send an e-mail.
b. Write a formal letter.
c. Attend a town hall meeting.
d. Schedule a face-to-face visit.
D
Face-to-face visits with legislators are viewed as the most effective means of communication.
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A patient who has a below-the-elbow prosthesis shows the home health care nurse the residual limb, which is red, edematous, and warm to the touch. What should the nurse instruct this patient to do?
a. Apply soothing lotion to the residual limb before replacing the prosthesis. b. Dampen the prosthetic limb sock to hy-drate and cool the residual limb. c. Pad the socket with lamb's wool and re-place the prosthesis. d. Leave the prosthesis off and notify physi-cian.
The nurse should make her care plan to include considerations of cultural similarities, which are:
1. family, educational background, and economic level. 2. subtle communication involving languages. 3. families have strong patriarchal leaders. 4. culture is learned, shared, and expressed similarly among members.
A resident has dementia. The person is restless and is grunting and groaning. You know that the behaviors are:
a. Signs and symptoms of pain b. Related to dementia c. Cultural responses d. Related to anxiety