The home health nurse interviews the 70-year-old male patient about possible suicidal ideation after the patient:
a. asks for assistance in writing a will.
b. voices the intention to visit his brother.
c. donates excess clothing to charity.
d. asks the young widow next door for a dinner date.
Question 2
The home health nurse assesses the depressed 80-year-old widow very carefully for signs of substance abuse; indicators of substance abuse can easily be missed because these signs:
a. occur only in the late evening or nighttime.
b. are not particularly harmful to the older adult.
c. mimic changes anticipated with the aging process.
d. are disguised by the patient.
Closed urinary drainage system. Urine being measured after it leaves patient’s body via catheter.
Patient education
All messages must be documented and placed in the patient's chart.
A physician uses a portable electronic tablet to enter patient data while in the examination room.
Other Professionals in Health Care
Nurse administering enteral nutrition through a feeding tube.