Exam 2: Patient Care Settings

A frail patient in a long-term care facility asks the nurse if a bath is to be given this morning.The best reply by the nurse that would encourage independence and give the patient the most flexibility would be:

The nurse is making a list of the members of the rehabilitation team so that the different types of services available to patients may be taught to a group of families.Which of the following lists should be used?

As a home health nurse,the licensed practical nurse (LPN)is aware that the care skills that are safe and appropriate to teach family members are:

The home health nurse,while in the home to change a decubitus dressing,notices that the wound has a musky odor and is weepier than the last visit,2 days earlier.Prioritize these nursing interventions for this situation: A) Contact the case manager. B) Assess the patient's entire skin, vital signs, and be prepared to describe the wound findings. C) Cleanse the decubitus area well, and redress the wound. D) Chart the appearance of the decubitus completely. E) Assess the patient's mobility.

The nurse explains to the home health patient that most quality-of-care problems are a result of:

To teach a family member the skill of injecting insulin effectively,the home health nurse will do which of these? (Prioritize these nursing interventions for this situation.) A) Offer instruction at an appropriate pace. B) Write down the steps of the procedure. C) Assess the level of knowledge of the family member. D) Inquire about the preferred learning style. E) Evaluate the family member's performance.

While the home health nurse is making the entry to a service assessment on a home-bound patient,the wife of the patient asks whether Medicare will cover the patient's ventilator therapy and his insulin injections.The nurse responds:

The nurse clarifies that an impairment that creates a measurable diminished capacity to work is a ____________________.

Home health nurses have some different nursing activities than those of community health nurses.Which of the following describes the home health nurse's activities?

The home health care nurse explains that although she performs all the following actions,the only one that is reimbursable under Medicare payment rules is to:

Which law initially provided for rehabilitation of disabled Americans?

The nurse assesses a patient who needs to be reminded to take premeasured oral medications,wash,go to meals,and undress and come to bed at night,but coming and going as he pleases is considered safe for him.The nurse determines that the appropriate placement would be in a facility that features:

The nursing care plan in a long-term care facility calls for the documentation of regressive behavior of a newly admitted 82-year-old resident,who has had congestive heart failure and osteoarthritis.Of these behaviors observed by the nurse,the ones documented as regression are:

The nurse assures a 58-year-old with diabetes who is recuperating from a broken hip that funds for his rehabilitation are available from the:

A computer programmer who lost both legs is being retained by his employer,who has made arrangements for a ramp and a special desk to accommodate the patient's wheelchair.This is an example of disability level:

The nurse explains the level of disability to a patient who was injured in a construction accident that resulted in the loss of both his right arm and right leg.Because this loss has affected his quality of life and his ability to return to his previous employment,he would be classified as being disabled at level:

The 80-year-old man newly admitted to a long-term care facility has suddenly become incontinent of urine at night.The nurse plans interventions to help restore self toileting by:

The nurse clarifies to a new patient in a rehabilitation center that rehabilitation means that the patient will:

The nurse explains that the law that provides for a partially paralyzed fork-lift operator to be retrained by vocational rehabilitation services for less demanding office work is the:

Based on guidelines from the ADA,which question is an appropriate choice for the director of nurses to ask a nurse with an artificial leg who is applying for a staff position in an extended care facility?