The nurse in a community clinic is following up on the care provider's recommendation that the patient consult a nutritionist. The nurse gives a list of referral agencies to this patient.
This is an example of which of the following roles of the nurse?
A) Client advocacy
B) Community-based nursing
C) Primary care
D) Secondary prevention
Question 2
The nurse is caring for a 16-month-old child on the pediatric unit. The child's mother is a single mother who has two other young children at home. She must leave her 16-month-old daughter overnight in the hospital.
Which of the following actions by the nurse will be most appropriate in helping the child feel secure and in reassuring this mother?
A) Remind the child and mother that by staying in the hospital now the child will get well and be home again soon, and that the other children also need their mother.
B) Distract the child with a special blanket, stuffed animal, or other lovey from home while the mother quietly slips out.
C) Encourage the mother to give her daughter a personal item of the mother's to hold on to until she returns and to tell the child a specific time she will return such as when breakfast comes in the morning.
D) Tell both the mother and child that the child will be carefully guarded and won't be in as much danger as she might be if she were home exploring her environment.
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The nurse assesses the patient's ability to use the walker correctly
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