Which of the following actions best exemplifies advocacy?
a. Developing a list of agencies that will provide free services for the homeless
b. Working in a needle exchange program for individuals in an inner-city environment
c. Acting on behalf of a patient to promote end-of-life wishes to an ethics committee
d. Working in a free clinic for immigrant workers
C
Advocacy means making known and defending and protecting the rights and interests of others, as well as ensuring the dignity and respect due to others. Simply being employed in an environ-ment where this might be a focus of practice does not necessarily ensure that advocacy is actually occurring.
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1. Confront the parent with concerns of possible abuse. 2. Carefully document parent–child interactions. 3. Try to keep the parent separated from the child as much as possible. 4. Explain to the child that the parent is causing the illness and that the health team will prevent the child from being harmed.
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A. "Genetic differences can result in significant differences in how each client's body handles the same medication." B. "Genetic differences can cause mutations in enzymes, changing the way they function. This can alter how the body metabolizes and excretes drugs." C. "Because of genetic differences, medication may accumulate to toxic levels in one client while in another client may be inactivated before it can have a therapeutic effect." D. "Genetic differences can be expressed as an alteration in the structure of an enzyme, which can cause a defective receptor and an allergic response to drugs." E. "Genetic differences in clients who are biracial result in an allergic response to medications."
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