The overall goal of client advocacy is to:
1. safeguard the client's right to privacy by judiciously protecting confidential information.
2. safeguard the public when health care and safety are affected by incompetent, unethical, or illegal practice of any person.
3. provide services with respect for human dignity and the uniqueness of the client.
4. ensure that the client receives the best possible care and to support the client's right to have health care consistent with the client's values and beliefs.
Question 2
Your client is incompetent and unable to communicate wishes about life-sustaining treatment. The client's spouse, however, has told the physician that life-sustaining treatment should be terminated.
Legally, the client's cousin needs which of the following to make decisions about the client's health care?
1. living will
2. an order in the client's chart
3. verbal communications with the client's primary provider
4. durable power of attorney for health care
Establishing a caring and trusting relationship helps the client come to terms with a terminal illne
Use a step stool to help an infirm client get on and off the table.
To reduce stress on your client’s neck when the head is turned, put a towel under the shoulder and ...
Positioning the client
Testing the Achilles tendon reflex with client in a sitting position
Approaching the client for the ophthalmoscopic exam