After completing a client's admission database, the nurse ...

[melly21297]

After completing a client's admission database, the nurse develops a plan of care to address each of the client's problems. This is known as what type of planning?
 
  a. discharge c. initial
  b. goal d. ongoing

Question 2

A client who is terminally ill has been told of his prognosis by his physician, but doesn't want his adult children to know he has only a few months to live.
 
  When the children approach you and request information about their father's prognosis, which actions would BEST represent the nurse in the role of client advocate? a. Ask that they not put you between them and their father.
  b. State you are unable to discuss this kind of information but would be happy to be present if their father requests the information be shared.
  c. Relate his prognosis to them factually, and ask that they not reveal who told them.
  d. Disclose the prognosis in a calm, caring manner, and provide a quiet place for them to pray.

[pikon]

Answer to Question 1

C
Initial planning involves development of a preliminary plan of care; this planning occurs when the nurse obtains comprehensive admission assessment data. Ongoing planning involves continuous updating of the client's plan of care, incorporating additional data about the client, and making appropriate revisions in the initial plan. Discharge planning involves anticipating the client's needs for care after discharge from the health care facility.

Answer to Question 2

B
Autonomy refers to a person's right to choose and to act on that choice; it means that each person's right to make decisions is to be respected. In client care situations, a nurse must respect a client's right to decide a course of action; if a client is unable to make a decision because of legal incompetence, the nurse is responsible to protect that client, thus becoming the client's advocate.

[melly21297]

TYSM

[amcvicar]

Great answer, keep it coming