The nurse is planning a home care visit. What should the nurse keep in mind when making this visit?
1. The time of the visit should be mutually agreed upon with the client and nurse.
2. Take direction from the client for interventions.
3. Obtain written consent from family members to make visits.
4. Respect boundaries and maintain confidentiality.
Question 2Upon graduation, the nurse decides to work in a setting for clients with a higher acuity. The nurse understands that these clients will be:
1. ambulatory, requiring care at home.
2. administered to in a clinic setting.
3. significantly ill and likely hospitalized.
4. cared for in a rehabilitation setting.
Question 3A client is referred for home care. What should the nurse keep in mind about the type and needs of the client when planning this client's care?
1. Unable to afford hospitalization
2. Acutely ill
3. Chronically ill, disabled, or recuperating
4. Not covered by medical insurance
Question 4The nurse is assisting in the creation of content for a community program on Healthy People 2020. What should the nurse include as overarching goals of this initiative? (Select all that apply.)
1. Improve maternal, infant, and child health.
2. Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
3. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
5. Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
Question 5The nurse is planning interventions for a client with a chronic illness. On what should the nurse focus these interventions?
1. Assisting the client to accept the illness.
2. Pain management.
3. Education to promote independent functioning.
4. Securing assistance from family members.