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Lobcity

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on: Jul 22, 2018
What is the best suggestion a nurse could make to a family requesting help in selecting a local nursing center?
 
  a. Have the family members evaluate nursing home staff according to their ability to get tasks done efficiently and safely.
  b. Make sure that nursing home staff members get patients out of bed and dressed according to staff's preferences.
  c. Explain that it is important for the family to visit the center and inspect it personally.
  d. Suggest a nursing center that has standards as close to hospital standards as possible.

Question 2

A 70-year-old patient who suffers from worsening dementia is no longer able to live alone. The nurse is discussing health care services and possible long-term living arrangements with the patient's only son. What will the nurse suggest?
 
  a. An apartment setting with neighbors close by
  b. Having the patient utilize weekly home health visits
  c. A nursing center because home care is no longer safe
  d. That placement is irrelevant because the patient is retreating to a place of inactivity


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uniquea123

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
An important step in the process of selecting a nursing home is to visit the nursing home. The nursing home should not feel like a hospital. It is a home, a place where people live. Members of the nursing home staff should focus on the person, not the task. Residents should be out of bed and dressed according to their preferences, not staff preferences.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Some family caregivers consider nursing center placement when in-home care becomes increasingly difficult or when convalescence from hospitalization requires more assistance than the family is able to provide. An apartment setting and the use of home health visits are not appropriate because living at home is unsafe. Dementia is not a time of inactivity but an impairment of intellectual functioning.


Lobcity

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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