The nurse is preparing to interview a 6-year-old girl and her mother in an outpatient psychiatric setting. To establish a treatment alliance with the child, the nurse should:
A) Tell the child she watches Sesame Street all the time.
B) Talk to the child while standing up and looking down at her.
C) Tell the child that this must be a bit scary for her.
D) Ask the parent if the child can be interviewed alone.
C
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a. Give the medication as ordered. b. Monitor the child for bronchoconstriction. c. Question the order. d. Request an order to give the drug orally.
The nurse is teaching a community course at a local senior citizen center regarding tuberculosis. The nurse would be correct in informing the class that clients acquire Mycobacterium tuberculosis by which route?
1. Sexual transmission 2. Fecal/oral 3. Respiratory droplets 4. Hand-to-hand contact
MC Effective disaster planning is based on certain principles. These principles include the requirement that response plans should: (Select all that apply.)
A. Be kept confidential until executed. B.* Enlist the support and coordinate the efforts of the entire community. C. Be based on knowledge about how people generally behave in emergency situations. D. Account for primarily the physical health needs of victims and helpers. E. Be written so specifically that they are not easily changed.
The office director of a medical practice has recommended that the advanced practice nurses bill for service under the name of one of the group's physicians. What is the probable rationale for this suggestion?
1. Patients are more likely to pay physician bills than nurse bills. 2. Typically physicians are reimbursed at a higher rate than ANPs. 3. Having a smaller number of names under which billing is submitted is more efficient. 4. Nurses are not permitted to bill government payers.