Exam 43: Advocacy

A nurse is volunteering at a local free clinic.By providing client care to an inadequately insured population,the nurse is demonstrating which value of client advocacy?

The nurse client advocate wants to teach staff nurses how to implement client advocacy in daily practice.Which value,which is basic to client advocacy,should the nurse advocate use to begin the teaching session with the staff nurses?

The home health nurse is assigned to care for a client who requires wound care.The nurse is assessing the family's ability to change a wound dressing that the client cannot reach.The nurse asks the family to change the dressing during the visit.After the family demonstrates the dressing change,which response by the nurse is appropriate?

The nurse has been working in a long-term care facility for 1 week.The nurse notes that during the evening meal,an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)takes a tray to a client who is unable to cut up and eat the food independently.After the nurse assists the client with eating the meal,which action is appropriate to advocate for this client?

An operating room (OR)nurse notices that the nurse-anesthesiologist for the next scheduled surgery seems to be unsteady.When the OR nurses comes closer to the anesthesiologist,a strong odor of alcohol is noted.Which actions by the OR nurse are appropriate? Select all that apply.

The nurse is working in a low-income neighborhood as a home health nurse.During one of the home care visits,the nurse notes that the children's playground has broken equipment,which the children continue to play on.The nurse has already contacted the owner of the playground about the issue.What action might the nurse take as a public advocate?

The nurse educator is presenting a lecture regarding advocacy in nursing.Which interventions will the nurse include as they exemplify client advocacy? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a group of clients on a psychiatric unit.One client has become highly agitated and is threatening other clients and some of the staff.The nurse escorts the client to the isolation room,leaving the door open.Which statement by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse is caring for a terminally ill pediatric client.The parents have decided to remove their child from life support.This decision was met with much opposition from other nurses on the unit.Which action by the nurse displays the role of client advocate?

An older adult client with metastasized breast cancer informs the nurse that her doctor is insisting that she participate in a course of chemotherapy,even though the client does not want to have any further treatment.Which actions by the nurse exemplify advocacy for this client? Select all that apply.

The nurse taking care of a Vietnamese client knows to respect the client's cultural views and honor traditions regarding healthcare decision making.In order to be an effective advocate,which factors are important to the nurse? Select all that apply.

A school nurse,who is concerned about an increase in sports injuries related to ineffective protective equipment,decides to participate in a child fatality prevention committee.Which advocacy activities is this nurse demonstrating? Select all that apply.

A charge nurse notices that a staff nurse assigned for the evening shift has come to work with a black eye.Which action by the charge nurse is appropriate in this situation?

The home health nurse is providing palliative care to a client.When sorting the client's narcotic pain medications for the week,the nurse notes that there is two weeks' worth of medication missing from the client's current prescription.The client says that the only individuals with access to the medication include the client and one other home healthcare nurse.The nurse suspects that the other home healthcare nurse took the missing mediation.Which action by the nurse is appropriate?