Nurses encounter poor persons, families, and populations in a ...

[genevieve1028]

Nurses encounter poor persons, families, and populations in a variety of settings. To provide effective care nurses should:
 
  1. Move to the area where people are living to understand their plight
  2. Understand the concept of poverty on many levels
  3. Take a trip abroad to see how poverty exists in other countries
  4. Become fully immersed in the concept of poverty for at least a year

Question 2

One of the most common terrorist activities is the use of explosives. A common trauma associated with this is Blast Lung Injury. What are the symptoms that would alert a nurse to this problem? The patient presents with:
 
  1. Air emboli and pneumothorax
  2. The inability to think rationally
  3. Dyspnea, hemoptysis, cough, and chest pain
  4. Black sputum.

[miss.ashley]

Answer to Question 1

2
Understanding the concept of poverty with historical, social, political, economic, biological, psychological, and spiritual dimensions is the first step in providing effective care to this popula-tion.

Answer to Question 2

3
The explosive wave's impact on the lungs presents unique triage, diagnostic, and management challenges. Choice No. 3 is the only correct answer.

[genevieve1028]

Gracias!

[Liddy]

Excellent