To plan and budget for preventive services, a nurse in charge of a community mental health center has reviewed the records to discern how many families received services in the current year
To estimate the need for the coming year, the nurse should: a. increase the allocation, because most eligible families are underserved.
b. decrease the allocation, because most eligible families are overserved.
c. interview the families currently being supported to determine valid needs.
d. ask for a consultant to ascertain community interest in preventive services.
A
Many families who are eligible for preventive services do not avail themselves of these services. As families become more aware of services, budgets will need to be increased.
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a. "I have to be where the people are." b. "I prefer to write my reports in my car immediately after my intervention." c. "I thought I was paid to be in the community, not the office." d. "I try to avoid paperwork as much as possible."
While assessing a client, the nurse learns that the client has been taking a thiazide diuretic at home, and sometimes takes double doses. A typical side effect of excessive doses of thiazide diuretics is signs and symptoms of:
1. nephrosis. 2. metabolic acidosis. 3. hypokalemia. 4. hypernatremia.
A communication style the nurse can use to ensure that the message sent is the same as the one received is to
a. refer to the client by diagnosis. b. establish a common vocabulary. c. have interactions that focus on physical care. d. refer to the client by bed number.
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