A nursing assistant responds to the nurse's request that the ...

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A nursing assistant responds to the nurse's request that the clients' need for touch be addressed by responding,
 
  I touch them every day when I bathe and dress them. The nurse's response is based on what known fact concerning the need for touch?
 
  a. Humans thrive on the touch of other humans
  b. Touch has a positive effect on an individual's sense of wellbeing and health
  c. Touching comes in various forms
  d. We can tell the difference between task oriented touch and gentle, patient touch

Question 2

Which older adult client has the greatest risk for readmission into the acute care health system and so is the focus of extensive nursing follow-up post discharge?
 
  a. The African-American diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
  b. The client recovering from an exacerbation of congestive heart failure
  c. The cognitively impaired individual with a poorly healing leg wound
  d. The depressed individual with exercise-induced asthma

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
It has been scientifically noted that older people in nursing homes experience touch every day as they are bathed, dressed, toileted, fed, and positioned. The type of touch they desire is not task-oriented touch but gentle, patient, conscious touch of another person that says to them, 'I'm here, I care, you are important to me. The remaining statements do not address the issue of why not all touch has the same effect on humans.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Heart failure is the most frequent reason for re-hospitalization and patients with heart failure experience a 27 rate of readmission within 30 days of a hospital discharge. While the remaining individuals all have risk factors for frequent re-admission, none are as likely to need hospitalization as the cardiac client.