Which type of nursing delivery models would be appropriate in a rural area that would require fewer numbers of registered nurses? (Select all that apply.)
a. Functional nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Primary care nursing
d. Patient-focused care
e. Transitional care
A, B, D
When you have a limited number of nurses, then functional nursing, team nursing, and pa-tient-focused care are useful because you can deliver quality care by using more ancillary staff. Primary care is usually 24-hour nurse coverage, and transitional care is when advanced practice nurses (APRNs) conduct assessments and—with physicians—design and coordinate patient care and discharge plans.
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a. A 68-year-old woman with stress incontinence b. A 16-year-old girl who just became sexually active c. A 56-year-old male with frequents complaints of lower abdominal pain d. An 82-year-old woman living in a skilled care nursing facility
The nurse is educating a daughter on how to properly feed her older mother. Following education, which observation by the nurse, indicates that the daughter still needs additional instruction?
1. She checks to make sure the patient's dentures are in place. 2. She makes sure that each bite is swallowed before providing the next bite. 3. She reminds the patient to chew the food after being placed in the patient's mouth. 4. She makes sure that the patient remains in an upright position for 15 minutes after eating.
Before applying a warm pack to reduce a patient's discomfort from back spasms, a nurse will
1. Warm the towel in the microwave. 2. Check peripheral pulses for a baseline. 3. Assess the skin for edema and color. 4. Prepare the warm pack using sterile technique.
A nurse practitioner is treating a client for uncomplicated adult primary insomnia on an outpatient basis
After ruling out correctable medical causes for the insomnia, the nurse practitioner formulates a plan of care to provide primary care cognitive therapy to treat the insomnia. Whether or not this plan of care is appropriate depends on the knowledge that cognitive therapy developed for use by a primary care provider: a. is not effective because cognitive therapy can be performed only by a cognitive behavioral therapy specialist b. appears to have a good short-term efficacy for managing uncomplicated adult primary insomnia c. contradicts the results of multiple studies that show no significant benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of insomnia d. results in the same efficacy and side-effect profile as placebo therapy