In studies that demonstrate positive health care outcomes from nursing interventions,
home visits after childbirth have been shown to reduce parental anxiety and decrease the number of accidents and emergency department visits. Why is it that all public health agencies do not require nurses to make such home visits?
A. It is too difficult to get the names and addresses of new mothers from the hospitals.
B. New moms are too stressed to have a visitor, even if that visitor is a nurse who is trying to be helpful.
C. Physicians prefer to do the childbirth education in their offices.
D. Private third-party payers will not reimburse such a primary health promotion effort.
Question 2
She could not believe it, but she had lost her job, her last paycheck was spent, her landlord had thrown her clothes out on the lawn, and she found herself living in her car and
visiting fast food restaurants to use the restroom facilities. As she washes up at a gas station in preparation for a job interview, how would she classify her homelessness?
A. Chronic
B. Episodic
C. Not really homelessness
D. Temporary
Summary of Nursing Theories
Comparison of Steps of the Nursing Process with the Research Process
Examples of NANDA nursing diagnosis
Nursing care delivery models
Review of Health and Illness over the Adult Years
Who Makes The Decisions at Home?