Author Question: Nurses encounter poor persons, families, and populations in a variety of settings. To provide ... (Read 89 times)

genevieve1028 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Nurses encounter poor persons, families, and populations in a variety of settings. To provide effective care nurses should:

1. Move to the area where people are living to understand their plight
2. Understand the concept of poverty on many levels
3. Take a trip abroad to see how poverty exists in other countries
4. Become fully immersed in the concept of poverty for at least a year

Question 2

One of the most common terrorist activities is the use of explosives. A common trauma associated with this is Blast Lung Injury. What are the symptoms that would alert a nurse to this problem? The patient presents with:

1. Air emboli and pneumothorax
2. The inability to think rationally
3. Dyspnea, hemoptysis, cough, and chest pain
4. Black sputum.

miss.ashley · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Understanding the concept of poverty with historical, social, political, economic, biological, psychological, and spiritual dimensions is the first step in providing effective care to this popula-tion.

Answer to Question 2

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The explosive wave's impact on the lungs presents unique triage, diagnostic, and management challenges. Choice No. 3 is the only correct answer.