Author Question: When the home health nurse is helping a family accept the diagnosis and prepare for the patient with ... (Read 36 times)

Shelles · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

When the home health nurse is helping a family accept the diagnosis and prepare for the patient with a cognitive disorder, the nurse should:

a. leave them literature about the disorder.
b. instruct them about the physiological changes that cause the disorder.
c. allow them time for expression of their feelings and grief.
d. discuss options for placement in a long-term care facility.

Question 2

The nurse lists indicators of hearing loss, which include ___________________ ____. (Select all that apply.)

a. difficulty hearing women and children.
b. reluctance to have telephone conversations.
c. becoming irritable with background noise.
d. TV turned up to loudest volume.
e. responding with off the wall answers to a question.