What is the purpose of adult day health centers?
a. Provide support of life until death occurs
b. Provide assistance to people who may need help with activities of daily living (ADLs)
c. Provide treatment for those needing reha-bilitation
d. Provide respite care relief for caregivers
ANS: D
Adult day health care is for individuals whose mental or physical function requires them to ob-tain more health care and supervision. It serves as more of a medical model than the senior center, and often individuals return home to their caregivers at night. Hospice provides support of life until death occurs. Assisted living provides assistance to people who may need help with ADLs. Long-term care facilities provide treatment for those needing rehabilitation.
You might also like to view...
The nurse is caring for a patient who suffered a miscarriage at 24 weeks of pregnancy. The patient is devastated by the loss but her husband minimizes her grief by stating, "Quit crying. It's not like you lost a real baby."
What term best describes the anguish felt by the patient? a. Disenfranchised grief b. Ineffective denial c. Moral distress d. Interrupted family processes
If a licensed practical nurse (LPN) provides discharge teaching, who is legally responsible?
a. Chief executive officer b. Institution where the LPN works c. Risk manager d. Unlicensed assistive personnel
A nurse is caring for a dying client following myocardial infarction. The client is experiencing apnea with a falling blood pressure of 60 per palpation. Which documentation of pulse quality does the nurse anticipate?
A) Bounding pulse B) Weak pulse C) Thready pulse D) A pulse deficit
Which individual is likely to require more hours of sleep?
A) a person 75 years of age B) a person 43 years of age C) a person 25 years of age D) a person 15 years of age