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Community and Public Health Nursing:
Evidence for Practice, 5th Edition (DeMarco),
Chapters 1 - 25 | All Chapters
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ducation and lifestyle changes. In this case, the client makes a positive changein lifestyle by
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Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 4
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Community and Public Health Nursing:
Evidence for Practice, 5th Edition (DeMarco),
Chapters 1 - 25 | All Chapters
,Chapter 1: Public Health Nursing ig ig ig ig
1. A nurse is striving to practice patient-
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centered care at a hospital. Which action bestexemplifies providing patient-
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centered care? ig
A) Having a client complete a self- ig ig ig ig ig
reported functional status indicator and thenreviewing it with the client
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B) Explaining to a client the benefits of computer- ig ig ig ig ig ig ig
assisted robotic surgicaltechniques, which the hospital recently implement
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ed
C) Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record ig ig ig ig ig ig ig ig ig ig
D) Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client is in thehospig ig ig ig ig ig ig ig ig ig ig ig ig
ital
ANSWER: A ig
Feedback:
Patient-
centered care considers cultural traditions, personal preferences, values, families, and lifesty
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les. Clients become active participants in their own care, and monitoring health becomes the
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client's responsibility. To help clients and their healthcare providers make better decisions,
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the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a series of tools th
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at empower clients and assist providers in achieving desired outcomes, including client-
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reported functional status indicators. Computer-
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assisted robotic surgical techniques, electronic health records, andcontinuous glucose monit
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Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 2
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sary to attain and maintain health. A medical erroron the part of the client's primary care pro
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vider or nurse would not constitute a social determinant of the client's health.
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in at homeusing a digital scale and record the weight in a log. This strategy is an example of
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ducation and lifestyle changes. In this case, the client makes a positive changein lifestyle by
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monitoring body weight weekly. Telehealth is the use of electronic information and telecom
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munications technologies to support long- ig ig ig ig
distance clinical healthcare, client and professional health-
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related education, public health, and health administration. Health information technology
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(HIT) is defined as the comprehensive management of health information and its exchange
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between consumers, providers, government, and insurers in a secure manner. Evidence-
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based nursing is the integrationof the best evidence available with clinical expertise and the v
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alues of the client to increase the quality of care.
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Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 4
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est exemplifies public health?
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