The nurse is employed by an agency that matches client needs with the nurses' strengths. This type of agency is utilizing which of the following models?
1. Synergy
2. Environment
3. Primary care
4. Disease management
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The synergy model of practice is founded on the assumption that client characteristics and nurse competencies match. Environment, primary care, and disease management are not care delivery models that are founded on this assumption.
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The nursing student is working with a Latino client who does not speak English. The nursing student speaks only English. Which of the following actions would the student take in order to improve care for this client?
1. Obtain a Spanish/English dictionary and attempt to speak in Spanish. 2. Find an interpreter to help the client and the nursing student communicate. 3. Ask a family member who speaks English to act as the interpreter. 4. Inform the instructor that the client does not speak English, and request a different client assignment.
When a person is unable to recognize a sense of loss and develops guilt feelings, what type of grief is the person experiencing?
a. disenfranchised c. displaced b. delayed d. distorted
Patients starting cholinesterase inhibitors should be instructed that they may experience which side effects?
a. Numbness and tingling in the extremities b. Headache and confusion c. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea d. Tinnitus, vertigo, and hearing loss
The nurse would perform close respiratory assessment for a client with inhalation injuries because lung tissue injury resulting from inhalation of smoke is caused by
a. anoxia from lowered blood oxygen content. b. carbon monoxide poisoning. c. chemical action on lung tissues. d. heat damage from superheated air.