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, Chapter 1: Public Health Nursing
1. A nurse is striving to practice patient-centered care at a hospital. Which action best
exemplifies providing patient-centered care?
A) Having a client ucomplete ua uself-reported ufunctional ustatus uindicator uand
uthenureviewing uit u with uthe uclient
B) Explaining uto ua uclient uthe ubenefits uof ucomputer-assisted urobotic
usurgicalutechniques, uwhich uthe uhospital urecently uimplemented
C) Recording ua uclient's usigns uand usymptoms uin uan uelectronic uhealth urecord
D) Performing ucontinuous uglucose umonitoring uof ua uclient uwhile uthe uclient uis
uin utheuhospital
ANSWER: u A
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Patient-centered ucare uconsiders ucultural utraditions, upersonal upreferences, uvalues,
ufamilies, uand ulifestyles. uClients ubecome uactive uparticipants uin utheir uown ucare,
uand umonitoring uhealth ubecomes uthe uclient's uresponsibility. uTo uhelp uclients uand
utheir uhealthcare uproviders umake ubetter udecisions, uthe uAgency ufor uHealthcare
uResearch uand uQuality u(AHRQ) uhas udeveloped ua useries uof utools uthat uempower
uclients uand uassist uproviders uin uachieving udesired uoutcomes, uincluding uclient-
reported ufunctional ustatus uindicators. uComputer-assisted urobotic usurgical utechniques,
uelectronic uhealth urecords, uanducontinuous uglucose umonitoring uin uthe uhospital uare
uall utechnological uadvances uin uhealthcare, ubut uthey udo unot uhelp uthe uclient ubecome
ua umore uactive uparticipant uin uhis uor uherucare, u and uthus uare unot u good uexamples uof
upatient-centered ucare.
Origin: u Chapter u1- uPublic uHealth uNursing, u2
2. A unurse uis ucaring ufor uan uolder uclient uwho uis ustruggling uto umanage uher utype u2
udiabetes umellitus. uThe unurse ushould urecognize uwhich usocial udeterminants uof uthis
uclient's uhealth?u(Select u all uthat u apply.)
A) Household uincome uof u$23,000 uper uyear
B) Reading ulevel uof ua uthird ugrader