A nurse is making a visit to the home following a family member's ...

[cookcarl]

A nurse is making a visit to the home following a family member's discharge from the hospitalization. Which of the following data would be most helpful?
 
  1. Identify potential areas of strengths in the family.
  2. Plan for family care based on assessment of core processes.
  3. View the priority of the home visit as the individual who was hospitalized.
  4. Conduct a family assessment that remains focused on management of the symptoms.

Question 2

The timely flow of information is critical to institutional survival. Which of the following statements about interfaces is accurate?
 
  1. Interfaces use an open systems technology provided by the vendor.
  2. Interfaces require installation of a Health Level Seven (HL7) device.
  3. Interface connections between different information systems are invisible to the user.
  4. Interfaces physically join two or more disparate information systems.

[fraziera112]

Answer to Question 1

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1 Identifying the strengths will only provide a limited picture of the family.
2 Assessment of the core process will provide direction for family nursing.
3 The individual and family health are related. The priority may be the family.
4 Focusing on the symptoms may limit the effectiveness of the visit by not addressing concerns of individual or family.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: Interface connections between different information systems are invisible to the user. Vendors often claim their products are based on open systems technology, which is the ability to communicate with other systems. The reality is there has been little incentive for vendors to market products that readily work with their competitors' products. Interfaces do not require HL7 devices; open systems technology is a concept; and interfaces do not physically join systems.