How did health care and its delivery change during the 1980s? (Select all that apply.)
a. Funding to public health increased as funding for acute hospital care decreased.
b. Laws began to be passed that discouraged the use of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco.
c. Nurse practitioners were increasingly used to provide care.
d. Public health programs suffered reduced political support, financing, and effectiveness.
ANS: B, C, D
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1. Provide a quiet place for pray or for reading religious texts. 2. Schedule activities around designated times for prayer or religious observances. 3. Encourage the patient to use his or her beliefs to deal with the feelings of hopelessness. 4. Encourage the patient to seek the reason for the feelings of hopelessness by attending group therapy. 5. Suggest the patient discuss the reason for the feelings of hopelessness with the patient's clergy member or spiritual advisor.
Which of the following describes the primary difference between nursing diagnoses and medical diagnoses?
a. Nursing diagnoses identify simple instead of complex problems. b. Nursing diagnoses must be verified by a physician. c. Nursing diagnoses, like medical diagnoses, identify medical diseases. d. Nursing diagnoses identify problems that can be treated with independent nursing actions.
A review of family history reveals that a significant number of a patient's ancestors died very early from cardiac diseases. What is the best use of this information for the patient and the nurse?
1. The patient should avoid stress and exposure to communicable diseases. 2. The patient and the nurse should work together to identify other risk factors and establish a plan for health living. 3. The nurse should prepare the patient for the eventuality of an early death. 4. The nurse should encourage the patient not to have biological children.
An African-American patient tells a nurse with a European-American worldview, "There's no sense talking. You wouldn't understand because you live in a white world." Select the nurse's best response
a. "Nurses are educated to care for people from all cultures. It is a required component of nursing education." b. "It would be helpful if you described an example of something you think I would not understand." c. "Your mental illness is causing you to view me with prejudice. We are all here to help you." d. "Yes, I do understand. Everyone goes through the same experiences."