A client comes to the health care provider's office for a visit. The client has been seen in this office for the past five years and arrives today complaining of a fever and sore throat. Which type of assessment would the nurse most likely perform?
A) Comprehensive assessment
B) Ongoing assessment
C) Focused assessment
D) Emergency assessment
C
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A client asks the nurse, "The pamphlet I read about depression mentions that psychosocial factors
influence depression. What does that mean?" Examples a nurse could cite to support the premise that a client's depression can be influenced by psychosocial factors include (more than one answer may be correct) A. having a hostile and overinvolved family. B. having two first-degree relatives with bipolar disorder. C. feeling strong guilt over having an abortion when one's religion forbids it. D. experiencing the death of a parent a month before the onset of depression. E. experiencing symptom remission when treated with antidepressant medication.
If a nurse is focusing on prevention and establishing a public health intervention for an illness by following the natural history of a disease, he or she is
A. Making sure that everyone in a certain area receives treatment B. Studying the biological components of the disease C. Looking at medical trends of clients who have had the disease D. Going to the autopsies of the patients who have died
Which of the following assessment findings should signal the nurse to the fact that a child may be experiencing child neglect rather than child abuse?
A) A young child is admitted to hospital with hypothermia because he is inadequately dressed. B) A boy is brought to a clinic by his father who is nervous and unable to adequately explain how the boy broke his arm. C) A girl tells a social worker that she does not like it when her mother's boyfriend touches her "down there." D) A child exhibits multiple scars on his back and buttocks upon examination.
The nurse is providing care to a pediatric client who will require surgery as a portion of the treatment regimen
Which topics should the nurse include in the teaching session related to long- term ramifications associated with this treatment option? 1. Scoliosis 2. Adhesions 3. Hypothyroidism 4. Visual impairment 5. Cardiotoxicity