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Community and Public Health Nursing:
Evidence for Practice, 4th Edition (DeMarco),
Chapters 1 - 25 | All Chapters
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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,Chapter 1: Public Health Nursing
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1. A02nurse02is02striving02to02practice02patient-
centered02care02at02a02hospital.02Which02action02best02exemplifies02providing02patient-
centered02care?
A) Having02a02client02complete02a02self-
reported02functional02status02indicator02and02then02reviewing02it02with02the02clie
nt
B) Explaining02to02a02client02the02benefits02of02computer-
assisted02robotic02surgical02techniques,02which02the02hospital02recently02i
mplemented
C) Recording02a02client's02signs02and02symptoms02in02an02electronic02health02record
D) Performing02continuous02glucose02monitoring02of02a02client02while02the02client02is02
in02the02hospital
ANSWER:02A
Feedback:
Patient-
centered02care02considers02cultural02traditions,02personal02preferences,02values,02families,02an
d02lifestyles.02Clients02become02active02participants02in02their02own02care,02and02monitoring02h
ealth02becomes02the02client's02responsibility.02To02help02clients02and02their02healthcare02pro
viders02make02better02decisions,02the02Agency02for02Healthcare02Research02and02Quality02(
AHRQ)02has02developed02a02series02of02tools02that02empower02clients02and02assist02providers02i
n02achieving02desired02outcomes,02including02client-
reported02functional02status02indicators.02Computer-
assisted02robotic02surgical02techniques,02electronic02health02records,02andcontinuous02glucos
e02monitoring02in02the02hospital02are02all02technological02advances02in02healthcare,02but02they02
do02not02help02the02client02become02a02more02active02participant02in02his02or02hercare,02and02th
us02are02not02good02examples02of02patient-centered02care.
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2. A02nurse02is02caring02for02an02older02client02who02is02struggling02to02manage02her02type02202
diabetes02mellitus.02The02nurse02should02recognize02which02social02determinants02of02this02
, client's02health?02(Select02all02that02apply.)
A) Household02income02of02$23,00002per02year
B) Reading02level02of02a02third02grader
C) Medication02ineffective02due02to02error02in02prescription
02 02
Community and Public Health Nursing:
Evidence for Practice, 4th Edition (DeMarco),
Chapters 1 - 25 | All Chapters
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
02 02
,Chapter 1: Public Health Nursing
02 02 02 02
1. A02nurse02is02striving02to02practice02patient-
centered02care02at02a02hospital.02Which02action02best02exemplifies02providing02patient-
centered02care?
A) Having02a02client02complete02a02self-
reported02functional02status02indicator02and02then02reviewing02it02with02the02clie
nt
B) Explaining02to02a02client02the02benefits02of02computer-
assisted02robotic02surgical02techniques,02which02the02hospital02recently02i
mplemented
C) Recording02a02client's02signs02and02symptoms02in02an02electronic02health02record
D) Performing02continuous02glucose02monitoring02of02a02client02while02the02client02is02
in02the02hospital
ANSWER:02A
Feedback:
Patient-
centered02care02considers02cultural02traditions,02personal02preferences,02values,02families,02an
d02lifestyles.02Clients02become02active02participants02in02their02own02care,02and02monitoring02h
ealth02becomes02the02client's02responsibility.02To02help02clients02and02their02healthcare02pro
viders02make02better02decisions,02the02Agency02for02Healthcare02Research02and02Quality02(
AHRQ)02has02developed02a02series02of02tools02that02empower02clients02and02assist02providers02i
n02achieving02desired02outcomes,02including02client-
reported02functional02status02indicators.02Computer-
assisted02robotic02surgical02techniques,02electronic02health02records,02andcontinuous02glucos
e02monitoring02in02the02hospital02are02all02technological02advances02in02healthcare,02but02they02
do02not02help02the02client02become02a02more02active02participant02in02his02or02hercare,02and02th
us02are02not02good02examples02of02patient-centered02care.
Origin:0 2 Chapter021-02Public02Health02Nursing,022
2. A02nurse02is02caring02for02an02older02client02who02is02struggling02to02manage02her02type02202
diabetes02mellitus.02The02nurse02should02recognize02which02social02determinants02of02this02
, client's02health?02(Select02all02that02apply.)
A) Household02income02of02$23,00002per02year
B) Reading02level02of02a02third02grader
C) Medication02ineffective02due02to02error02in02prescription
