A key component of focused treatment directed toward the homeless population that has been shown to be most successful is the facilitation of:
a. nutrition in the form of finger foods left in a visible, well-lit location daily.
b. health care services and screening through community-based free clinics.
c. frequent and consistent staff contact through assertive but nonthreatening outreach services.
d. access to clothing and hygiene products through community-based support networks.
C
Mental health professionals have begun to explore the use of new approaches to providing treatment, rehabilitation services, and housing to homeless people with mental illness, a population that often avoids contact with traditional mental health programs. Key components of this focused treatment approach include frequent and consistent staff contact through assertive outreach.
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Select all that apply. A) "Stop the medication immediately." B) "A trial-and-error period is the best way to determine which medication is the most effective." C) "A trial of 4 to 6 weeks is usually done to see how people respond to the medication." D) "Stay on the medication for 6 months to see if there is a response." E) "Learn to live with the depression."
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The nurse working with a student nurse is providing care for a client requiring mechanical ventilation. The student nurse asks the meaning of assist control. Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?
1. "Assist control is a means of delivering ventilation that delivers a preset volume and/or pressure each time the client begins an inspiration." 2. "Assist control allows the client to breathe independently, but supplies a breath if the client does not begin an inhalation in a specified period of time." 3. "Assist control is used when weaning a client from the ventilator because the client must exercise the muscles of respiration in order to get a full breath." 4. "Assist control is often used when a client is receiving a paralytic agent."