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penza

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A nurse is assigned to care for a client who has just been discharged from the hospital. What should be the nurse's priority assessment after discovering that other family members desperately need health care as well?
 
  a. Focusing on identified problems and the person with the most problems
  b. Reviewing the home and the immediate environment for external problems
  c. Interviewing the family members to get an overall picture of family functioning
  d. Providing care for the client who has been discharged from the hospital

Question 2

Why do community/public health nurses focus on families?
 
  a. Families will understand the higher cost of care if they are active participants.
  b. Improving the health of a family improves the health of a community.
  c. Nurses find such a focus much easier than trying to focus on the community.
  d. Nurses allow family members to receive respite by providing this type of care.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B



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