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You're making the patient assignments for the next shift. On your unit there are
three LPNs, two RNs, and two nursing assistants. Which patients will you assign
to the LPNs? Select all that apply:* A. A 68 year-old male patient who is
expected to be discharged home with IV antibiotic therapy.
B. A 25 year-old female patient newly admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis.
C. A 75 year-old male patient with dementia who has an ileostomy and scheduled
tube feedings.
D. A 65 year-old female patient who has an order to remove the Foley catheter.
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Answer✔✔ -C. A 75 year-old male patient with dementia who has an ileostomy
and scheduled tube feedings.
D. A 65 year-old female patient who has an order to remove the Foley catheter.
When developing strategies to decrease health care disparities, the nurse working
in a clinic located in a neighborhood with many Vietnamese individuals will
include
,A.improving public transportation
B. obtaining low-cost medications
C. updating equipment and supplies for the clinic
D. educating staff about Vietnamese health beliefs. - Answer✔✔ -D. educating
staff about Vietnamese health beliefs.
A nurse working in a primary care facility assesses patients who are experiencing
various levels of health and illness. Which statements define these two concepts?
Select all that apply.
a. Health and illness are the same for all people.
b. Health and illness are individually defined by each person.
c. People with acute illnesses are actually healthy.
d. People with chronic illnesses have poor health beliefs.
e. Health is more than the absence of illness.
f. Illness is the response of a person to a disease. - Answer✔✔ -e. Health is more
than the absence of illness.
f. Illness is the response of a person to a disease.
Nurses perform health promotion activities at a primary, secondary, or tertiary
level. Which nursing actions are considered tertiary health promotion? Select all
that apply.
a. A nurse runs an immunization clinic in the inner city.
b. A nurse teaches a patient with an amputation how to care for the residual limb.
c. A nurse provides range-of-motion exercises for a paralyzed patient.
d. A nurse teaches parents of toddlers how to childproof their homes.
e. A school nurse provides screening for scoliosis for the students.
,f. A nurse teaches new parents how to choose and use an infant car seat. -
Answer✔✔ -b. A nurse teaches a patient with an amputation how to care for
the residual limb.
c. A nurse provides range-of-motion exercises for a paralyzed patient.
For a nurse to develop a therapeutic attitude toward the treatment of alcohol,
tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) problems in the community, the nurse must
realize drug addiction can be successfully treated, anyone may develop drug
dependence, and: A. any drug can be abused.
B. illegal drugs are the category of abused drugs.
C. prescription drugs rarely cause dependence.
D. over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are "good drugs." - Answer✔✔ -A. any drug can
be abused.
Methadone maintenance for heroin addiction is a harm reduction strategy
because it reduces deviant behavior and introduces addicted persons to the
health care system. What is a disadvantage to the use of Methadone?
A. Methadone is inexpensive.
B. Methadone carries a risk of overdose.
C. Methadone prevents relapse.
D. Methadone is long acting and effective orally. - Answer✔✔ -B. Methadone
carries a risk of overdose.
The harm reduction approach to substance abuse focuses on health promotion
and disease prevention. A primary prevention strategy that can be used by the
nurse to address substance abuse under this approach is to:
A. assess for recreational drug use.
, B. destroy the myth of good drugs versus bad drugs.
C. encourage children to "just say no."
D. refer to an addiction treatment program. - Answer✔✔ -B. destroy the myth of
good drugs versus bad drugs.
A nurse is caring for patients of diverse cultures in a community health care
facility. Which characteristics of cultural diversity that exist in the United States
should the nurse consider when planning culturally competent care? Select all
that apply.
a. The United States has become less inclusive of same-sex couples.
b. Cultural diversity is limited to people of varying cultures and races.
c. Cultural diversity is separate and distinct from health and illness.
d. People may be members of multiple cultural groups at one time.
e. Culture guides what is acceptable behavior for people in a specific group.
f. Cultural practices may evolve over time but mainly remain constant. -
Answer✔✔ -d. People may be members of multiple cultural groups at one time.
e. Culture guides what is acceptable behavior for people in a specific group.
f. Cultural practices may evolve over time but mainly remain constant.
To include a cultural focus in patient care planning, which belief about faith will
the nurse incorporate? Faith is a:
a. Belief of body and mind
b. Manner of expressing spirituality
c. Use of spiritual resources without empiric proof
d. Search for the sacred, transcendent, or universal - Answer✔✔ -c. Use of
spiritual resources without empiric proof