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melly21297 · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

A home health care nurse is conducting a functional assessment on an older woman who lives alone. What assessment question is likely to get the best information?

a. How do you manage all your medications?
b. Who shops and cleans your house for you?
c. Can you show me how you prepare a meal?
d. What parts of your body can't you wash?

Question 2

The nurse is admitting a patient to the hospital who has cancer and a neutrophil count of 430/mm3 . What action by the nurse is best?

a. Place the patient in a private room.
b. Use good handwashing with all contact.
c. Place the patient in protective precautions.
d. Initiate contact precautions.

softEldritch · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Older patients may downplay or deny functional limitations, so the nurse gets more accurate data asking what the patient is able to do, rather than what she or he is not able to do.

Answer to Question 2

C
A patient whose neutrophil count is below 500/mm3 is at extreme risk of infection and should be placed on protective isolation. A private room and good handwashing are also necessary, but the best intervention is isolation.