The parents of a child recently diagnosed with a mental illness verbalized their concern about being able to cope with something that is going to affect the rest of their child's life
Which of the following would be an appropriate nursing intervention to add to the plan of care for this family at risk for altered parenting related to recent diagnosis of the child's mental illness? A) Advise parents to discuss their concerns with the social worker.
B) Offer to talk with the treatment team about options for residential treatment.
C) Encourage parents to spend time with supportive peers.
D) Give parents a list of community resources for respite care.
C
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The term for the use of multidisciplinary services to help clients learn the skills needed to carry out the activities of daily living as actively and independently as possible is
1. consultation. 2. resource linkage. 3. crisis intervention. 4. psychosocial rehabilitation.
A nurse listens to a patient's lungs and determines that the patient needs to cough and deep breath. The nurse has the patient cough and deep breath. Which concept did the nurse demon-strate?
a. Accountability b. Autonomy c. Licensure d. Certification
A client's prenatal testing is positive and additional testing is necessary. Which information should the nurse provide about amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling?
1. More information can be obtained through amniocentesis than from chorionic villus sampling. 2. The amniocentesis can be done in the middle of the first trimester. 3. Chorionic villus sampling cannot be done as early as amniocentesis. 4. Amniocentesis causes greater risk to the fetus than chorionic villus sampling does.
The nurse is working with a client who has recently had a colostomy and is having difficulty us-ing the provided supplies. The nurse works with the client to see which alternative supplies are easier for the client to use
This is an example of the critical thinking strategy of: 1. Inference 2. Management 3. Problem-solving 4. Diagnostic reasoning