Author Question: A nurse is performing a home visit for a young mother that lives in the projects in Brooklyn, New ... (Read 94 times)

mspears3 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A nurse is performing a home visit for a young mother that lives in the projects in Brooklyn, New York. There is a young child who is three years old living in the apartment as well. The nurse notices that the window guards on the bedroom window are hangi

How does the nurse proceed?
A. Encourage the woman to call the landlord after the nurse leaves.
B. Call Child Protective Services to report an unsafe living situation.
C. Call the landlord directly to ensure the timely repair of the window guards and encourage the woman to keep the windows closed in the meantime.
D. Call the city to report a bad landlord.

Question 2

A nurse has seen an increase in infant injuries during motor vehicle accidents due to poor car seat installation. The nurse wants to consider upstream policies at the population level to address this issue but doesn't have the time to take on the project.

A. Reconsider the project at a different time when the workload at his or her primary job lightens.
B. Delegate some of the project tasks to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP).
C. Quit the job to dedicate all of his or her time to the project.
D. Consider a collaborative relationship with the public health department and fire and police departments.