Exam 9: Collaboration in Community Settings

A nursing student is working as a home health aide.The patient asks the aide to give a medication,and the aide calls the nurse for permission to perform this task.Which is the correct response by the nurse?

During a home visit,the nurse learns that a patient has not been taking the prescribed medications.The patient reports having no insurance and tells the nurse that the drug is too expensive.After learning that there is no substitute medication,the nurse will perform which action next?

The home health nurse learns that an immigrant family relies on folk healers when treating illnesses among family members.The nurse will perform which action?

The nurse is preparing to teach a patient who will begin taking a monoamine oxidase (MAO)inhibitor.What is most important when teaching patients about MAO inhibitors?

The parent of a school-age child tells the nurse that the child often misses the midday dose of a medication because the child forgets to take it to school.What will the nurse suggest?

A patient calls the clinic and tells the nurse that a newly prescribed medication isn't working.What is the nurse's next action?

The nurse is teaching a patient about taking a once daily medication that has a side effect of drowsiness.The nurse learns that the patient works a 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM shift in a hospital.The nurse will recommend that the patient take this medication at which time of day?

The nurse is teaching a patient about a new medication that will be administered using a metered-dose inhaler.To evaluate the patient's understanding about how to use the device,what will the nurse do?

The community health nurse is teaching a group of elderly residents in an assisted care facility about medication use.The nurse will remind the residents that over-the-counter (OTC)medications

The school nurse happens to observe a child pulling a pill out of a backpack and preparing to take it.What action will the nurse take?

The community health nurse is preparing to administer a medication to a patient in the patient's home.The order reads "amoxicillin as directed BID PO." The nurse will perform which action?