In the long-term care facility, health care professionals work together to meet the needs of older adults and to go over the care plan with the resident and family members. This approach is called a(n):
a. team approach.
b. individualized approach.
c. interdisciplinary approach.
d. outgoing approach.
Question 2The nurse assures a 50-year-old patient recovering from a stroke that because she is going to a long-term care facility for a short stay:
a. her regular hospitalization insurance will pay for the care.
b. she will still have daily physician visits.
c. she will need to contract outside physical therapy services.
d. she will probably be discharged within 6 months.
Question 3A woman who is 38 weeks pregnant tells the nurse that the baby has dropped and she is having urinary frequency again. The nurse recognizes this as:
a. lightening.
b. Braxton-Hicks contractions.
c. initiation of labor.
d. engagement.
Question 4The nurse assesses a reactive result to a non-stress test when the fetal heart rate increases _____ beats per minute.
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Question 5During the 30th week of gestation, the nurse would anticipate that the fundal height would be _____ centimeters above the symphysis.
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Question 6The nurse explains that people in a long-term care facility are referred to as:
a. patients because they will be receiving acute care.
b. residents because the facility has become their home.
c. patients because they seek professional medical services.
d. customers because they are purchasing care service.
Question 7The LVN/LPN helps an 82-year-old patient recovering from a hip replacement understand that the remainder of her rehabilitation phase will not be spent in the acute hospital setting, but in a(n):
a. subacute care unit.
b. assisted living center.
c. adult day care center.
d. long-term care facility (nursing home).
Question 8The chorion and the amnion are the two components of the ________ __________.
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Question 9The nurse instructor reminds the nursing student that the Shiny Schultz is a name given to the _____________ side of the placenta.
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