The hospice nurse is visiting a Navajo client and family who will be admitted to hospice upon discharge from the hospital. The family expresses discomfort with the notion that the client will die at home. The nurse A) understands this is cultural and incorporates this into the client’s plan of care. B) tells the family […]
A 48-year-old male client is recovering from a stroke. He has been discharged to home, is taking his medications appropriately, and is making significant progress with managing his diet and stress. He continues to have difficulty with activities of daily living, especially those activities that require fine motor skills. He is worried about this as […]
A hospice client has had no contact with his daughter for 3 years. His son lives 6 hours away and their relationship is strained at best. The client belongs to no social groups and has been involved in church only minimally since his illness was discovere The client will need assistance with self-care activities as […]
The daughter of an 83-year-old client contacts the nurse to ask about resources for her mother who has moved here from another city. She explains that her mother is alert, oriented, and mobile but is at home alone all day, every day and she is concerned about her cooking while no one is home. To […]
Discharge differs from transfer in that it indicates A) transition between any settings. B) movement within the same institution. C) movement out of the institution. D) readmission to a previous institution. ESSAYBID ANSWER C
Continuity of care is best defined as A) case finding in action. B) ongoing assessment and planning for the purpose of admission and transfer. C) use of the client and family to promote care outcomes in discharged clients. D) coordination of activities involving clients, providers, and payers to promote health care delivery. ESSAYBID ANSWER […]
The occupational health nurse is seeing a client who has filed a worker’s compensation claim. The nurse is responsible for interpreting the client’s condition to the insurance company and working with health care providers to find the most cost-effective means of treatment for return to the workplace while advocating for the client. The nurse’s actions […]
The discharge planner is preparing a 38-year-old female postsurgery client for discharge. The client lives alone in her home. Her mother will be staying with her for a few days when she returns home. The client is currently receiving pain medication for incision pain. When discussing the client’s medication, the nurse should A) discuss the […]
The client tells the following story about the first time she met her home care nurse who was her case manager for many years. The client says, “the nurse would sometimes tell me about the choices that were available to me to resolve or met my health care She would do this by contacting my […]
Which of the following best defines the term case finding? A) The process by which nurses in all settings assist individuals and families to identify and access community resources B) Working jointly with others in a common endeavor C) The set of activities used by the nurse to identify clients who are not currently receiving […]
