Nursing Chapter 5
Which of the following is appropriate with a patient who is homeless?
A. Treat patients according to their ability to pay.
B. The homeless patient is only treated in the emergency room—they should not be
admitted unless life threatening condition; never admit them to the unit.
C. Treat the homeless patient as you would treat any patient.
D. Some parts of the Patient Bill of Rights do not apply to the homeless. correct
answers C. Treat the homeless patient as you would treat any patient.
Homelessness is not considered a mental illness but can be a stressor to the patient.
This patient must be treated the same as any other patient.
A student recently moved from the Middle East and is attending a new school in the
United States, where he is excluded from conversations pertaining to the Christmas
holidays. The students assume that the new student doesn't understand anything about
the holiday. The students are most likely doing what to this new student?
A. Being hateful
B. Showing prejudice
C. Believing stereotypes
D. Being rude correct answers C. Believing stereotypes
Stereotype is a fixed belief about a group of people. These students may have believed
that someone from the Middle East is not Christian and has no interest in Christmas
holiday.
According to Diana Baumrind, there are three types of parenting. When the parent sets
up the rules and others have no voice, this is known as:
A. Permissive parent.
B. Authoritarian parent.