Case management for persons who are demented and live alone is one of the roles of which type of psychiatric nurse?
a. day-care center director
b. psychiatric unit nurse
c. home health psychiatric nurse
d. advanced practice nurse
C
Home health psychiatric nurses are involved in case management for persons who are demented and live alone. Services provided by home health psychiatric nurses include primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention.
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A) maintains continence on four out of five voidings. B) does not become lost or sustain injury during wanderings. C) sleeps through the night and stays awake most of the day. D) receives appropriate care consistent with his or her and family specific values and expected outcomes.
By which age should the nurse expect that an infant will be able to pull to a standing position?
a. 5 to 6 months b. 7 to 8 months c. 11 to 12 months d. 14 to 15 months
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A) "Do you think you could sit still for a few minutes so we can talk?" B) "How are you ever going to get any rest if you keep that music on?" C) "Let's go to the conference room and talk for a while." D) "Turn the radio down so we can hear ourselves talk."
Which of the following statements about community orientation is most accurate?
A) When an outbreak of hepatitis occurs, the public health nurse simply treats infections in individuals. B) It is a process that is actively shaped by the unique experiences, knowledge, concerns, values, beliefs, and culture of a given community. C) When providing education about sexually transmitted infections to a group of students at a Catholic university, the nurse should not consider the community values regarding sexual behavior. D) When providing nutritional counseling to a group of Hispanic seniors, it is not necessary for the nurse to consider the meaning of food in this culture.