Author Question: A nurse who works on the surgical unit at the local hospital was asked by the home health unit to ... (Read 154 times)

yoroshambo · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A nurse who works on the surgical unit at the local hospital was asked by the home health unit to make a home visit to a patient who had been discharged the previous day and to give follow-up care (for overload pay).

What kind of nursing would this nurse be doing?
a.
Acute care hospital nursing
b.
Community-based nursing
c.
Community health nursing
d.
Public health nursing

Question 2

A family living in England in 1860 was part of the community where district nursing was implemented. Who would most likely have seen this family?

a. A social worker and a nurse
b. A health teacher and a nurse
c. A nurse
d. A physician and a nurse

canderson530 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
The nurse is caring for a patient in the home. Community-based nursing is nursing somewhere in the community. As the nurse is not focusing on the health of the community but on an individual, it is not community or public health nursing. It is not acute care hospital nursing because the nurse is seeing the patient in his or her home.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
A nurse and a social worker were assigned to each district to meet the needs of their communities in nursing, social work, and health education. This plan was widely accepted and very successful.