An example of a vulnerable group experiencing multiple risk factors is
a. Smokers who use chewing tobacco as well as cigarettes
b. Substance abusers who test positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
c. Persons with limited access to care because they live in a rural area
d. New mothers needing information about baby and child care
ANS: B
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When assessing a client from a culture different from that of the nurse, which of the following is an effective approach to meet the goal of cultural sensitivity?
1. Ask the client how he or she is alienated from his or her primary cultural group. 2. Determine what aspects of the client's life should be preserved as they are. 3. Explain to the client that values must be adjusted to reach a healthy state. 4. Teach the client how to assimilate into the dominant culture.
When a client's condition warrants transfer to another unit, which of these actions by the nurse will facilitate continuity of care?
a. introducing the client and family to personnel on the new unit b. giving the client's personal effects to the family for safekeeping c. allowing the client and family to say good-bye to personnel on the unit being left d. promising that the nurse will visit the client frequently on the new unit
The basis of autonomy in nursing is the:
1. practice, research, and education. 2. knowledge of individuals, families, groups, and society. 3. natural science and caring. 4. theoretical base of knowledge.
Which type of design uses independent and dependent variables?
a. correlation design c. experimental design b. quasi-experimental design d. focus design