Roles of the Home Health Nurse
What will be an ideal response?
-Direct care provider
-Client/family educator
-Client advocate
-Care coordinator
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The LPN has worked on this unit at an acute care hospital for the past four years. It is announced that the hospital wants to change the process for admitting new patients
What roles can this nurse serve in the change process? (Select all that apply.) 1. Participate in the change process. 2. Identify needed changes. 3. Recommend changes to improve processes. 4. Participate in evaluating the effectiveness of change. 5. Act as the informal leader of the group researching the needed change.
A nurse is caring for a newly admitted patient with a suspected gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. The nurse assesses the patient's stool after a bowel movement and notes it to be a tarry-black color
The nurse recognizes that the bleeding is likely occurring where? A) The lower GI tract B) The upper GI tract C) The esophagus D) The anal area
Ten hours after the client with 50% burns is admitted, her blood glucose level is 90 mg/dL. What is the nurse's best action?
A. Notify the emergency team. B. Document the finding as the only action. C. Ask the client if anyone in her family has diabetes mellitus. D. Slow the intravenous infusion of dextrose 5% in Ringer's lactate.
A hand roll can prevent the patient's fingernails from pressing into the palm of the hand
True False