The nurse works in a clinic in a homeless shelter that provides crisis housing for homeless families. The nurse greets a new resident who is obviously pregnant and asks when the baby is due. The client responds,
"I don't know the exact due date. I haven't been to the doctor because I don't have insurance." The nurse and client continue to talk about the pregnancy. The nurse is able to use this informal contact to assess and identify services that are relevant to this family. This is an example of
A) case management.
B) referral.
C) case finding.
D) follow-up.
C
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a. Shifts from laughing to crying with no apparent cause b. Insists the government is out to harm them c. Has trouble remembering what he had for breakfast d. Expresses a constant fear of dying
A nurse in a busy emergency department provides care for many patients who present with contusions, strains, or sprains. Treatment modalities that are common to all of these musculoskeletal injuries include which of the following? Select all that apply
A) Massage B) Applying ice C) Compression dressings D) Resting the affected extremity E) Corticosteroids F) Elevating the injured limb
Which finding 12 hours after birth would require further assessment? The fundus is palpable:
a. two finger-breadths above the umbilicus. b. at the level of the umbilicus. c. one finger-breadth below the umbilicus. d. two finger-breadths below the umbilicus.
Six hours after a beach picnic on a hot afternoon, a young man enters the ER with nausea and vomiting, headache, and diarrhea. On interview, the patient says that he ate potato salad and tuna fish sandwiches
The nurse anticipates that the causative organism for these symp-toms is: 1. Clostridium botulinum 2. Clostridium perfringens 3. Salmonella 4. Staphylococcus aureus