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notis · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A nurse is caring for a child who is hospitalized for an exacerbation of asthma. The nurse is preparing discharge teaching, as the client will be going home on nebulizer treatments and an inhaler.

The family members speak little English. In addition to enlisting an interpreter to help with the language barrier, what should be a priority for the nurse?
A) Provide written instructions before discharge.
B) Make sure the parents can set up the treatments for their child.
C) Make sure the child comes back for the follow-up appointment.
D) Address any healing beliefs the family has.

Question 2

The nurse, who works in a large urban high school, provides programs on nutrition, smoking cessation, and the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Which areas of nursing competence is this nurse demonstrating? Select all that apply.

A) Health restoration
B) Health and wellness promotion
C) Caring for the dying
D) Illness prevention
E) Care cost savings

olderstudent · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

The client who does not understand will learn little, and providing an interpreter to assist with communication is extremely important in this situation. However, if the prescribed treatment conflicts with the client/family's cultural healing beliefs, the client may not be compliant with the recommended treatments. To be effective, nurses must deal directly with any conflicts and differing values held by the client's parents. It is also important to provide written material and assess the psychomotor skills of the child, but the first priority is ascertaining any belief conflicts that may interfere with the treatment.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B, D

Health restoration focuses on the ill client. Health promotion enables individuals and communities to increase their control over the determinants of health and thus improve their health. Caring for the dying involves helping clients live as comfortably as possible until death. Illness prevention programs are designed to maintain optimal health by preventing disease. Care cost saving is not a core area of nursing competence.