The nurse is caring for a child and family who just moved out of a dangerous neighborhood. Which of the following approaches is appropriate to the Family Stress Theory?
A) Determining who the decision maker is
B) Assessing the child's coping abilities
C) Finding out how a sibling feels
D) Having to explain procedures to a sibling
B
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Which over-the-counter medication would the nurse suggest to diminish the cough during the night? A) Benadryl B) Robitussin C) Pseudoephedrine D) Flonase
A nurse is developing a teaching plan about nutrition for a group of pregnant women. Which of the following would the nurse include in the discussion? (Select all that apply
A) Keep weight gain to 15 lb B) Eat three meals with snacking C) Limit the use of salt in cooking D) Avoid using diuretics E) Participate in physical activity
When teaching family members how to care for an ill member, upon which person will the nurse typically concentrate teaching?
A. Teach the family member with the most strength and competence to do what must be done to ensure that it gets done. B. Teach the ill member what must be done because he/she is responsible for his/her own care. C. Teach the weakest family member what must be done because that will strengthen his/her position in the family. D. Teach the wife/mother what must be done because caring for others is a female role and expectation.
Yolanda Peters works as an RN in a respiratory unit of a large hospital but is seeking a change. Most of her clients have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, lung cancer,
and a variety of communicable diseases such as pneumonia and tuberculosis. Yolanda wants a change to focus more on prevention and health promotion, and a career counselor suggested that her background and interests would prepare her for work in: 1. Ambulatory oncology or ambulatory surgery. 2. Occupational health or public health. 3. Parish health or correctional health. 4. School health or rural health.