You have been assigned to provide AM care for three clients at ...

[dejastew]

You have been assigned to provide AM care for three clients at your clinical site. Which of the following actions would be your first priority before beginning care of your assigned clients?
 
  1. Review medication administration records.
  2. Review each client's chart before beginning care.
  3. Introduce yourself to your clients.
  4. Gather equipment and supplies necessary for delivering care.

Question 2

Nursing today uses the term client to describe its customers because nurses view their customers as which of the following?
 
  1. The recipients of care
  2. Collaborators in the plan of care
  3. Financially responsible for the care delivered
  4. The people who make all the decisions

[sultana.d]

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Reviewing the client's medical chart is most important in determining the type of care to be given. Answer options 1, 3, and, 4 might be correct, depending on what care you will be involved in performing, but are not the first priority.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: The operative concept in the health care field today is collaborative care. The client takes responsible for her own state of health, and participates in the plan of care. The other answer options do not reflect this trend of client collaboration, and do not explain why the term client is used instead of patient.

[dejastew]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[rachel]

Excellent