A patient diagnosed with depression has a need for divisional activities. Which team member is best qualified to assess the patient's leisure needs and plan the interventions?
a. Occupational therapist
b. Recreational therapist
c. Exercise physiologist
d. Chaplain
B
Recreational therapists are qualified to assist patients to find leisure interests that will enable the patient to learn to balance work and play. The other professionals do not have this focus.
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1. Retain the services of an outside consultant. 2. Develop a successful and detailed plan. 3. Raise the employees' awareness of a need for change. 4. Turn the whole matter over to the staff to solve.
The nurse working in the unit caring for clients with end-stage lung disease determines that which of the following clients in her assignment may qualify for single lung transplant?
1. 62-year-old female with diabetes mellitus controlled by insulin therapy 2. 50-year-old male with multivessel CAD and chronic renal insufficiency 3. 32-year-old male client with HIV 4. 43-year-old female with hepatitis C confirmed by histologic findings of liver disease by biopsy
According to Maslow's basic human needs hierarchy, which needs are the most basic?
A) physiologic B) safety and security C) love and belonging D) self-esteem
Mealtime is a break in the boring hospital or facility routine
True False