While providing health teaching for a client with binge-purge bulimia nervosa, the nurse should
prioritize information about
a. self-monitoring of daily food and fluid intake.
b. establishing the desired daily weight gain.
c. symptoms of hypokalemia.
d. self-esteem maintenance.
Question 2
The family of a client whose health maintenance organization will not pay for continuing
hospitalization is considering transfer of the client to a public mental hospital.
They express concern
that the client will be warehoused and never get any treatment.. The reply by the nurse that would
be most helpful is
a. Under the law, treatment must be provided. Hospitalization without treatment
violates client rights..
b. That's a justifiable concern because the right to treatment extends only to
provision of food, shelter, and safety..
c. Much will depend on other clients because the right to treatment for a psychotic
client takes precedence over the right to treatment of a client who is stabilized..
d. All clients in public hospitals have the right to choose both a primary therapist
and a primary nurse..
The nurse assesses the patient's ability to use the walker correctly
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Patient Teaching Methods Cont.
Common Physical and Mental Health Problems of Different Cultural Groups
Nursing Interventions to Promote Effective Health Maintenance
Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness (9th Edition)