TEST BANK
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Community and Public Health Nursing:
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Evidence for Practice, 4th Edition (DeMarco),
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Chapters 1 - 25 | All Chapters
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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,Chapter 1: Public Health Nursing c c c c
1. A nurse is striving to practice patient-centered care at a hospital. Which action
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bestexemplifies providing patient-centered care?
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A) Having a client complete a self-reported functional status indicator and
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thenreviewing it with the client
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B) Explaining to a client the benefits of computer-assisted robotic c c c c c c c c
surgicaltechniques, which the hospital recently implemented
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C) Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record
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D) Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client is in
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thehospital
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ANSWER: A c
Feedback:
Patient-centered care considers cultural traditions, personal preferences, values, families,
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c and lifestyles. Clients become active participants in their own care, and monitoring health
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c becomes the client's responsibility. To help clients and their healthcare providers make
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c better decisions, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has
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c developed a series of tools that empower clients and assist providers in achieving desired
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c outcomes, including client-reported functional status indicators. Computer-assisted
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robotic surgical techniques, electronic health records, andcontinuous glucose monitoring
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c in the hospital are all technological advances in healthcare, but they do not help the client
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c become a more active participant in his or hercare, and thus are not good examples of
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patient-centered care.
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Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 2
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2. A nurse is caring for an older client who is struggling to manage her type 2 diabetes
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c mellitus. The nurse should recognize which social determinants of this client's
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c health?(Select all that apply.)
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A) Household income of $23,000 per year c c c c c
B) Reading level of a third grader c c c c c
C) Medication ineffective due to error in prescription c c c c c c
, D) Originally from Sudan c c
E) No family in the
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areaANSWER: A, B, D,
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E Feedback:
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The social conditions in which people live, their income, social status, education, literacy,
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c home and work environment, support networks, gender, culture, and availability of
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c health services are the social determinants of health. These conditions have an impact on
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c the extent to which a person or community possesses the physical, social, and personal
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resources necessary to attain and maintain health. A medical erroron the part of the
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c client's primary care provider or nurse would not constitute a social determinant of the
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c client's health. c
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Community and Public Health Nursing:
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Evidence for Practice, 4th Edition (DeMarco),
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Chapters 1 - 25 | All Chapters
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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,Chapter 1: Public Health Nursing c c c c
1. A nurse is striving to practice patient-centered care at a hospital. Which action
c c c c c c c c c c c c
bestexemplifies providing patient-centered care?
c c c c c
A) Having a client complete a self-reported functional status indicator and
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thenreviewing it with the client
c c c c c c
B) Explaining to a client the benefits of computer-assisted robotic c c c c c c c c
surgicaltechniques, which the hospital recently implemented
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C) Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record
c c c c c c c c c c
D) Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client is in
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thehospital
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ANSWER: A c
Feedback:
Patient-centered care considers cultural traditions, personal preferences, values, families,
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c and lifestyles. Clients become active participants in their own care, and monitoring health
c c c c c c c c c c c c
c becomes the client's responsibility. To help clients and their healthcare providers make
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c better decisions, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has
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c developed a series of tools that empower clients and assist providers in achieving desired
c c c c c c c c c c c c c
c outcomes, including client-reported functional status indicators. Computer-assisted
c c c c c c
robotic surgical techniques, electronic health records, andcontinuous glucose monitoring
c c c c c c c c c c
c in the hospital are all technological advances in healthcare, but they do not help the client
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c become a more active participant in his or hercare, and thus are not good examples of
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patient-centered care.
c c
Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 2
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2. A nurse is caring for an older client who is struggling to manage her type 2 diabetes
c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c
c mellitus. The nurse should recognize which social determinants of this client's
c c c c c c c c c c
c health?(Select all that apply.)
c c c c
A) Household income of $23,000 per year c c c c c
B) Reading level of a third grader c c c c c
C) Medication ineffective due to error in prescription c c c c c c
, D) Originally from Sudan c c
E) No family in the
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areaANSWER: A, B, D,
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E Feedback:
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The social conditions in which people live, their income, social status, education, literacy,
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c home and work environment, support networks, gender, culture, and availability of
c c c c c c c c c c
c health services are the social determinants of health. These conditions have an impact on
c c c c c c c c c c c c c
c the extent to which a person or community possesses the physical, social, and personal
c c c c c c c c c c c c c
resources necessary to attain and maintain health. A medical erroron the part of the
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c client's primary care provider or nurse would not constitute a social determinant of the
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c client's health. c