A nurse provided psychiatric home care services to a patient for 6 months, but now the patient will begin a psychosocial rehabilitation program
On the nurse's final home visit, the patient gives the nurse a gold angel pin and says, "Thank you for being my guardian angel when I needed help." Select the nurse's best response. a. "I'm happy you have made so much improvement. Thank you for the pin."
b. "Our agency's policies and procedures prohibit me from accepting your gift."
c. "All nurses care. It's rewarding when patients recognize how hard we work."
d. "I'm glad you've made progress and that I helped, but I cannot accept the gift."
D
Accepting a gift creates a social rather than therapeutic relationship with the patient and blurs the boundaries of the relationship. A caring nurse will acknowledge the patient's gesture of appreciation, but this gift should not be accepted.
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Which of the following clients may be eligible for hospital-based, disease-specific case management support? (Select all that apply.)
a. Those who have high-cost conditions b. Those with physicians who request such intervention for their patients c. Those who may be maintained in a stable condition in their home environment d. Those who have access to private insurance plans e. Those who have requested such services f. Those whose hospital has a collaborative agreement with a home health nursing agency
A patient has come to the clinic complaining of pain just above her umbilicus. When assessing the patient, the nurse notes Sister Mary Joseph's nodules. The nurse knows that this is a sign of what?
A) A GI malignancy B) Dumping syndrome C) Peptic ulcer disease D) Esophageal/gastric obstruction
The nurse is performing discharge teaching for a client taking an NSAID. The client states he has heard that taking an antacid with this medication will help decrease the incidence of upset stomach. What is the nurse's best response?
1. "Antacids reduce the absorption and therefore the effectiveness of the NSAID." 2. "Antacids help to reduce the incidence of gastric bleeding that could occur with the use of NSAIDs." 3. "Antacids should never be taken with an NSAID." 4. "Antacids help to reduce the incidence of pain."
A reviewer reading a proposal for a qualitative research study notes that the author has not included a literature review. The reviewer understands that a literature review may have been omitted in this case because
a. it is not necessary to conduct a literature review for qualitative research. b. qualitative research is conducted to study areas where there is no previous knowledge. c. some researchers feel that previous studies may bias data collection in qualitative studies. d. the researcher was not adequately prepared to conduct this research study.