A nurse operates a school-based clinic in a local school, making it easier for children to access health care. This is an example of:
a. Case finding
b. Wrap-around services
c. Outreach
d. Comprehensive services
C
Outreach is an approach to making health care more readily available to certain populations.
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A nursing instructor is teaching about the etiology of IAD from a psychoanalytical perspective. What student statement about clients diagnosed with this disorder indicates that learning has occurred?
1. "They tend to have a familial predisposition to this disorder." 2. "When the sick role relieves them from stressful situations, their physical symptoms are reinforced." 3. "They misinterpret and cognitively distort their physical symptoms." 4. "They express personal worthlessness through physical symptoms, because physical problems are more acceptable than psychological problems."
A patient with liver cancer is being discharged home with a hepatic artery catheter in place. The nurse should be aware that this catheter will facilitate which of the following?
A) Continuous monitoring for portal hypertension B) Administration of immunosuppressive drugs during the first weeks after transplantation C) Real-time monitoring of vascular changes in the hepatic system D) Delivery of a continuous chemotherapeutic dose
The nurse is caring for a patient with injuries received in an earthquake. Which type of incident should the nurse identify as causing this patient's injuries?
1. natural disaster 2. human-generated disaster 3. emergency 4. multiple-casualty incident
Nurses would expect that a nonthreatening form of therapy for a child who has been sexually abused would be:
A) Systematic desensitization B) Group therapy C) Art or play therapy D) Rational emotive therapy