A community/public health nurse is teaching a family about how to care for an ill member of the family. Upon which family member should the nurse focus on teaching?
a. Teach the family member with the most resilience and competence to do what must be done to ensure that it gets done.
b. Teach the ill member what must be done because he or she is responsible for his or her own care.
c. Teach the weakest family member what must be done because that will strengthen his or her position in the family.
d. Teach the wife or mother what must be done because caring for others is a female role and expectation.
Question 2
After assessment and discussion with a family, a nurse had a list of 12 areas of need, none of which involved life-threatening issues. Which of the following needs should the nurse address first?
a. The area in which the nurse is most expert
b. The area the family wants to address first
c. The area in which the nurse is most able to obtain resources to assist
d. The area that matches the agency's current marketing plan
An Orb-weaver spider, Family: Araneidae
Patient teaching: mouth and pharyngeal assessment
The Mulleta family of Ethiopia, described in the opening vignette.
Lakeridge Health Oshawa is a 423 beds hospital with 463 doctors and 4058 staff comprised of ...
Member Galleries Vector Icon
The family described in Example Case 2