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Community and Public Health Nursing:
Evidence for Practice, 4th Edition (DeMarco),
Chapters 1 - 25 | All Chapters
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1. A nurse is striving to practice patient-
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centered care at a hospital. Which action bestexemplifies providing patient-
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A) Having a client complete a self-
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reported functional status indicator and thenreviewing it with the client
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B) Explaining to a client the benefits of computer-
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assisted robotic surgicaltechniques, which the hospital recently imple
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C) Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record
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D) Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client is in t
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lifestyles. Clients become active participants in their own care, and monitoring healt
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h becomes the client's responsibility. To help clients and their healthcare providers
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make better decisions, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) ha
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s developed a series of tools that empower clients and assist providers in achieving
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desired outcomes, including client-reported functional status indicators. Computer-
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assisted robotic surgical techniques, electronic health records, andcontinuous glucose
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monitoring in the hospital are all technological advances in healthcare, but they do
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not help the client become a more active participant in his or hercare, and thus are
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not good examples of patient-centered care.
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2. A nurse is caring for an older client who is struggling to manage her type 2 diabet
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es mellitus. The nurse should recognize which social determinants of this client's h
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ealth?(Select all that apply.)
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B) Reading level of a third grader
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C) Medication ineffective due to error in prescription
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The social conditions in which people live, their income, social status, education, lit
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eracy, home and work environment, support networks, gender, culture, and availabili
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ty of health services are the social determinants of health. These conditions have an
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impact on the extent to which a person or community possesses the physical, social
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, and personal resources necessary to attain and maintain health. A medical erroron
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