An agency supervisor suggested to a nurse that one strategy useful for working with multiproblem families is to
A. Exchange caseloads with another nurse at periodic intervals to obtain fresh cases and insight.
B. Frequently reassure the families that things will be alright eventually.
C. Help families recognize how they are responsible for their own problems; offer insights and suggestions that may be useful.
D. Recognize that all families have potential for improvement.
Question 2
The new home health nurse had located an assigned multiproblem family and was visiting them. The grandmother welcomed her in. Two toddlers were playing on the floor, but none of the other adults were present. What should the nurse do?
A. Focus all attention on the two infants on the floor and do a complete assessment on them.
B. Focus on interacting with the grandmother, who is caring for the infants.
C. Refuse to stay because none of the other adults were present to receive the nurse's information and referrals.
D. Spend the allotted time pointing out the problems with letting toddlers play on the floor instead of safely in a playpen with age-appropriate toys.
Nurse-patient interaction; nonverbal communication
A nurse adjusts the rate of a client’s IV.
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback
The nurse uses a noninvasive bladder ultrasound to measure the client’s bladder volume.
Bronfenbrenner’s model of the ecological-systems approach to studying development. He suggested that
Nurse administering enteral nutrition through a feeding tube.