Among older people, 50% have
a. One chronic disease
b. Two chronic diseases
c. Three chronic diseases
d. Four chronic diseases
C
Statistics show 50% of older adults have three chronic diseases, and 80% have at least one chronic disease.
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The main focus of medical management for anorexia is to:
a. Encourage rapid weight gain. b. Encourage the client to eat voluntarily. c. Teach more appropriate food choices. d. Keep the client from developing additional problems.
The child the nurse would assess as showing behaviors indicative of psychopathology is
a. A, aged 3 months, who cries after feeding until burped and sucks her thumb. b. B, aged 6 months, who does not eat vegetables well and likes to be rocked. c. C, aged 3 years, who is mute, impassive toward adults, and twirls and flaps while walking. d. D, aged 4 years, who lisps and became enuretic after the birth of a sibling.
The Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is part of which program/plan?
a. Indemnity insurance b. Managed care c. Medicaid d. Medicare
During interactions with a client who has major depression, it is most important for the nurse to:
A) Allow time for the client to respond. B) Move to another question when the client does not respond. C) Be cheerful and joke around. D) Have a one-hour one-to-one session every shift.