There are issues that limit access to health care and health promotion for persons who are physically disabled. Impediments to primary health care of the physically compromised in-clude which of the following? Select all that apply
1. Inadequate care from primary care providers
2. Access to clinic or office: not all offices have been adapted for the disabled
3. Transportation: inability to drive and limited flexibility in transportation
4. Information given to clients: the disabled cannot understand health information
1, 3
Impediments to primary health care of the physically compromised include inadequate care from primary care providers, as well as the inability to drive and limited flexibility in transportation.
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A) Sit quietly and stroke the client's hand. B) Notify the client's clergy of the potential for death. C) Call the funeral home to notify of imminent death. D) Move the client to a private room.
Neuropathic pain originates in the:
a. skin. b. mucous membrane. c. peripheral and/or central nervous systems. d. blood vessels.
The parents of a 2-year-old boy bring him to the community health center for his well child check. In asking about the home environment, the parents respond that they live in a small rental house built in the early 1950s
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