Which type of management would be most appropriate for a nurse to use when helping clients improve their health status?
a. Utilization management
b. Case management
c. Disease management
d. Demand management
D
Demand management seeks to control use by providing clients with correct information and education strategies to make healthy choices, to use healthy and health-seeking behaviors to im-prove their health status, and to make fewer demands on the health care system.
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An 80-year-old woman has experienced recent declines in bone density and has consequently been deemed a candidate for treatment with alendronate (Fosamax). During health education, what teaching point should the nurse emphasize?
A) "Your Fosamax will be most effective if you couple it with an increase in your consumption of dairy products." B) "It's important that you not lie down for half an hour after taking your Fosamax." C) "Make sure to let your care provider know promptly if you experience bone pain." D) "You'll have less stomach upset if you take your Fosamax with some bland food."
A young adult is bragging to a nurse that she never gets sick and has not needed to see a doctor for years. The nurse explains to the patient that even when she feels healthy, she should have physical examinations and screenings
1. Every 6 months. 2. Once a year. 3. Every other year. 4. Every 5 years.
Calling the attention of others to a patient's behavior is a form of verbal abuse.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The nurse is caring for a patient who has been diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and has developed esophagitis. The nurse understands that the patient is most at risk for what other complication?
a. Aspiration pneumonia b. Barrett's esophagus c. Bronchospasm d. Laryngospasm