Person-centred care (or family-centred care) is ______.
a. consideration of all the aspects of a patient’s life and health which can impact upon care assessment, delivery and management of care
b. only relevant to the care of adults
c. a distraction from care delivery when there are more important things to do
d. only relevant to the care of children
Ans: A
You might also like to view...
A patient has critically low thyroid levels. What symptoms does the nurse expect?
A) Reduced deep tendon reflexes B) Uncontrolled hypertension and hyperthermia C) Tachycardia, tachypnea, and hyperventilation D) Rapid, agitated speech and anxious look
Divergent thinking, a critical-thinking skill, is the ability to weigh the importance of information. The nurse should sort out the data that are relevant from data that are irrelevant for the patient. Abnormal data are usually considered relevant; normal
1. Diagnostic reasoning 2. Communication techniques 3. Identified outcome criteria 4. Established priorities
When you bring a sedative for sleep in to the patient, he asks you to leave the drug on his table and he will take it when his television show is over. What should you do?
a. Insist that he take the drug right now. b. Leave it at his bedside as he requests. c. Tell him you will bring it back later, after the show. d. Document that he refused to take his prescribed drug.
A public health nurse visits with the parents of a child who has body lice. It is most important that the nurse tell the parents that:
a. body lice are transmitted by direct person-to-person contact. b. treatment of skin surfaces will eradicate the infestation. c. all clothing and bedding must be disinfected. d. lice burrow into the body, and vigorous scrubbing is required to remove them.