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berenicecastro

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A nursing instructor is educating a student nurse about bridging the gap between diminishing financial support for chronic care and multifaceted health care demands that can be long lasting.
 
  The instructor recognizes that further teaching is warranted when the student nurse lists which of the following as an indispensable means for accomplishing this?
 
  a. Self-management
  b. Family involvement
  c. Shared decision making
  d. Family nonengagement

Question 2

A nurse has been employed as a staff nurse for 20 years. When comparing her current clients to those she cared for at the beginning of her career, the nurse finds that clients today are
 
  a. being discharged later.
  b. coping with being discharged earlier.
  c. dealing with simpler medication and treatment regimens.
  d. significantly healthier at the time of discharge.



coreycathey

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Empowering individuals and families to assume primary responsibility for self-management of chronic illness in partnership with ongoing professional support is a critical means of bridging the gap between diminishing financial support for chronic care and multifaceted care demands that can last for years. Relevant primary care strategies focus on client-centered care, collaborative goal setting, problem solving, and coordinated follow up.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Clients are discharged earlier and sicker, often with complex medication and treatment regimens to be followed in the community in primary care settings.



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