Author Question: A student nurse is working on a community health project with her peers. One of the concerns in her ... (Read 29 times)

silviawilliams41 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A student nurse is working on a community health project with her peers. One of the concerns in her community is the rise in homelessness resulting from the economy. The student nurse under-stands that which of the following is true?

a. Almost all homeless families are made up of single-parent families.
b. Children in homeless families are usually in good health.
c. Families with children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless popula-tion.
d. Children in homeless families have no way to attend school so are illiterate.

Question 2

A patient who experienced a stroke 4 days ago has been discharged from the hospital and will be undergoing outpatient rehabilitation. How should the nurse prepare the patient for this level of care?

a. The patient will be admitted to the rehabi-litative unit of the hospital.
b. The patient will have scheduled appoint-ment times for therapy.
c. The patient will have home visits from all members of the multidisciplinary team.
d. The patient will be at home for all of the treatments ordered by the primary health care provider.

lkanara2 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
The fastest growing segment of the homeless population is families with children. This includes complete nuclear families and single-parent families. More than 794,000 homeless are enrolled in the public school systems. Children of homeless families are often in fair or poor health and have higher rates of asthma, ear infections, stomach problems, mental illness, and have poor immunization documentation. As a result, usually the only access to health care for these children is through the emergency department.

Answer to Question 2

B
When patients receive rehabilitation services in outpatient settings, patients get treatment at spe-cified times during the week but remain at home the rest of the time. Inpatient rehabilitation ser-vices would require admission to an inpatient facility. Some rehabilitation is offered in the home but usually only certain members of the health care team visit. Home rehabilitation services would have the treatments performed in the home, but not for outpatient rehabilitation.