The goal of home health nursing is to
1. Provide direct care to the client in the home
2. Maximize the client's level of independence
3. Provide case management services
4. Coordinate care in the home
ANS: 2
The goal of home health nursing is to maximize the client's level of independence.
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When nursing actions cause the nurse to violate the personal space of the patient, the nurse can reduce the discomfort of the patient by:
a. approaching the interaction in a professional manner. b. distracting the patient with jokes and humor. c. asking another nurse to be present at the bedside. d. assuring the patient that all people dislike invasion of personal space.
The nurse is planning care for a patient. She is using a standardized care plan for Impaired Walking related to left-side weakness. Which of the following activities will the nurse perform when individualizing the plan for the patient?
1) Validating conflicting data with the patient 2) Transcribing medical orders 3) Stating the frequency for ambulation 4) Performing a comprehensive assessment
A client states, "I don't know why it is that I get so sick when I get the flu but my friend never seems to catch it." What is the nurse's best response?
1. "You must have a weaker system than your friend." 2. "Your friend probably takes better care of himself." 3. "The way you respond to illness has a lot to do with genetics as well as your environment." 4. "It has to do with genomics."
Conceptualization and in-depth understanding of the problem and the target population are key issues in what phase of the framework?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4