During the family assessment, the clinic nurse includes questions about family building activities that are direct and open-ended in order to elicit emotional and factual data about the family's health
A) True
B) False
A
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A nurse collaborates with an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to provide care for a client with congestive heart failure. Which instructions should the nurse provide to the UAP when delegating care for this client? (Select all that apply.)
a. "Reposition the client every 2 hours." b. "Teach the client to perform deep-breathing exercises." c. "Accurately record intake and output." d. "Use the same scale to weigh the client each morning." e. "Place the client on oxygen if the client becomes short of breath."
A man was crying and said, "I didn't mean to do it. She just got me so angry I lost control. It will never happen again." The woman said, "It was my fault. I shouldn't have upset him." Then, looking at the nurse, the woman added,
"Please don't report this. It will never happen again." Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse? a. "Abusers don't stop unless intervention occurs. I have to report it." b. "If you're sure it won't happen again, I'll let it go this time." c. "Legally, I'm required to put this in the medical record." d. "The decision is up to the physician, not me."
If a finding reported in the research literature is judged NOT to be clinically relevant, the next step would be to:
A. search for another topic in the research literature B. Evaluate the scientific merit of the studies in which similar findings were obtained C. Assess the transferability of the findings to a new setting D. Determine the costs and benefits of implementing the innovation
The nurse realizes that the following is true regarding illness and self-concept?
a. Illness has little effect on self-concept in the well-developed individual. b. The same illness has the same effect on all individuals. c. Conditions that cause a change in body image are the only illnesses that affect self-concept. d. Society puts a stigma on certain types of illnesses.