Rehabilitation goals for clients focus on preventing complications, increasing independence, and:
a. returning the client to the previous place of employment
b. modifying the effects of the disability
c. assessing family dynamics
d. restoring health and function to the pre-injury or pre-illness level
B
Rehabilitation helps clients reach their optimal level of physical, mental, and psychosocial functioning. This goal is established by preventing complications, modifying the effects of the disability, and increasing the client's independence.
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1. Centralized administration. 2. Higher salaries. 3. Lower nurse/client ratios. 4. Participatory management.
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A. Left ventricular failure B. Pulmonary embolism C. Right ventricular failure D. Myocardial infarction
A client on anticoagulant therapy is being discharged. Which statement indicates that the client has a correct understanding of this therapy's purpose or action?
A. "It is to dissolve blood clots." B. "It might cause me to get injured more often." C. "It should prevent my blood from clotting." D. "It will thin my blood."
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A. peripheral skeletal muscle relaxants B. spasmolytics C. parasympathomimetics D. cholinergic drugs