A homecare nurse in an area of the country that is prone to tornadoes routinely discusses disaster preparedness with older adult clients. What is the primary rationale for this intervention?
a. Older adults are less likely to seek formal and informal help when affected by natu-ral disasters.
b. The older adult is more likely to live in a communal environment that provides as-sistance in times of natural disasters.
c. Most older adults have insurance to help them recover from material losses due to a natural disaster.
d. Federal and private assistance agencies generally provide older adults with priori-ty attention in time of natural disasters.
Question 2
A homecare nurse visits an older patient who lives in a Naturally Occurring Retirement Commu-nity (NORC). The nurse understands that NORCs are:
a. purpose-built senior housing communities.
b. neighborhoods or buildings where a large segment of the residents are older adults.
c. communities where volunteers coordinate access to services for older adults.
d. intentional collaborative housing where residents participate in the design and op-eration of the neighborhood.
NURSE
In the communication technique of collaborating, the nurse sends the message that the nurse and pati
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Tornadoes
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