The nurse is caring for a family seeking family therapy. What is the primary purpose of the family assessment?
1. Determine the family dysfunction.
2. Guide the family's personalized plan of care.
3. Promote the therapeutic nurse-family relationship.
4. Determine the appropriate clinical diagnosis of the family.
2. Guide the family's personalized plan of care.
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When listening to a patient, the nurse demonstrates warmth and acceptance by:
a. tightly crossing her arms. b. uncrossing her arms. c. tightly crossing her legs. d. facing away from the patient.
Collaborative practice creates a synergy among clients and providers. What does this statement mean?
1. The client has the final responsibility for decision-making. 2. Responsibility for health remains with the client. 3. The sum of the actions of the parties is greater than individual efforts. 4. The parties value and respect the diversity of their knowledge bases.
The nurse is caring for a child with Kawasaki disease in the acute phase. What clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to observe? (Select all that apply.)
a. Osler nodes b. Cervical lymphadenopathy c. Strawberry tongue d. Chorea e. Erythematous palms f. Polyarthritis
A visitor has coded in the hospital cafeteria, and several nurses witnessed the code. What is the proper procedure for initiating use of the automatic external defibrillator (AED)?
a. Provide 5 cycles of cardiopulmonary re-suscitation (CPR) before shocking. b. Place AED pads and shock as soon as possible. c. Insert an oropharyngeal airway before shocking. d. Place one AED pad on the upper left ster-nal border and one pad on the lower right side below the nipple and axilla.