The community health nurse has as a client the Smith family: a husband and wife and their 3-year-old child. The husband lost his job 6 months ago and they lost their apartment
They usually stay in shelters and occasionally with the wife's sister for a night or two. When working with this family, the community health nurse would identify this family as which type?
A) A multigenerational family
B) A homeless family
C) A nuclear dyad
D) A divorced family
B
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Qualitative data are more profitably integrated into studies that are basically quantitative than vice versa
A) True B) False
The father of a 5-year-old child is recovering from a motorcycle crash
The father is concerned that the child's behavior has changed since the crash and doesn't understand why. What could be an explanation for the child's change in behavior? A) The thought of losing his father was scary, and the child is trying to show his father how much he loves him B) The child is afraid of being hurt himself and wants to protect himself from accidents C) The child wanted to go with his father on the motorcycle ride. When he was told he couldn't go he told his father he hoped he would crash, so the child believes he caused the accident D) Everyone in the family is being nicer to each other and, as most preschoolers will, the child is imitating the "grown-up" behavior
A client who is learning about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) asks a nurse, "Isn't this treatment dangerous?" Which is the most appropriate nursing reply?
A. "No, this treatment is side-effect free." B. "There can be temporary paralysis, but full functioning returns within 3 hours of treatment." C. "There are some risks, but a thorough examination will determine your candidacy for ECT." D. "Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) can occur but are rare."
The monitoring of quality of care is often a mandate from federal agencies in order for home health agencies to be certified. The Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
measures outcomes for quality improvement and client satisfaction with care. The first stage, data analysis: 1. Enables an agency to compare its performance to a national sample 2. Forces home health agencies to report their data on patient care to a national registry 3. Requires stabilization of a patient's condition in order to continue to receive funding 4. Allows home health nurses a program to record data and findings