Author Question: When explaining the present economic challenges to students in the community health course, the ... (Read 96 times)

tth · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

When explaining the present economic challenges to students in the community health course, the nurse educator emphasizes the importance of nurses being familiar with:

1. the current shift from inpatient to outpatient care
2. consumer presence on the boards of nursing associations and regulatory agencies
3. diagnostic-related groups (DRGs)
4. advances in science and technology

Question 2

The community health nurse working with teenage mothers and their children and recognizes that these clients have increased vulnerability and should be assessed for:

1. Distance separation from their nuclear families
2. Increased levels of poverty
3. Raising children without the support of family
4. The normal difficulties of adolescence

blazinlyss · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale: Economics is one of the social forces currently influencing the profession of nursing. As a result of the shift from inpatient to outpatient care, more nurses are being employed in community-based health settings. Other forces include consumer demands, family structure, and science and technology. DRGs are a classification system that categorically establishes pretreatment billing based on diagnosis. Though this is an aspect of economic factors affecting nursing, it is not the underlying cause of more personnel being employed in community-based settings.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale: Teenage mothers have the normal needs of teenagers as well as those of new mothers, with motherhood compounding the difficulties of adolescence. Though many teenage mothers are raising children alone, without the support of the baby's father or perhaps their own family, and many live in poverty, all are vulnerable because of their age.