Which of the following is an example of the role of the nurse as an advocate?
1. A home health nurse contacts adult protective services for a client who is being neglected.
2. A nurse in a homeless clinic discusses the importance of good foot care with a man with severe blisters.
3. An occupational health nurse works with a client to examine strategies on how to stop smoking.
4. A school nurse holds a class on contraception for 10th grade girls.
ANS: 1
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In reviewing information related to the occurrence of pregnancies using a focus group discussion with women, concern was expressed that many of them had problems using their respective type of contraception and, as a result, became pregnant
Based on this information, the nurse would incorporate which of the following in a teaching plan for group members? a. Provide information relative to product recalls of contraceptive devices. b. Have the clients keep a contraceptive diary related to the consistency of using methods because it is apparent that they forgot to use their preferred method as directed. c. Have the clients consider switching to a different form of contraception because the contraception did not prevent pregnancy for them. d. Plan for assessing the clients' knowledge related to the contraception methods and provide information to increase the knowledge base so that the effectiveness rate would improve.
A nurse in the labor and delivery room is assessing respirations on a newborn. The nurse understands that which change in the respiratory system occurs postnatally?
a. Respirations are stimulated by hypoxemia. b. It takes up to 48 hours for most of the alveoli to expand. c. Surfactant in the lungs interferes with lung expansion. d. Pulmonary blood flow decreases after birth.
One way that nurse leaders who are employed by an organization can best fit into a corporate model instead of a traditional bureaucratic model is to:
a. Meet every 3 months to approve by-laws b. Increase autocratic leadership c. Create a network instead of preserving a pyramid d. Establish vertical communications
Describe the major disorders of the ear for which medications are given.
What will be an ideal response?