A nurse in a neighborhood clinic is conducting educational ...

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A nurse in a neighborhood clinic is conducting educational sessions on weight loss. What aim of nursing is met by these educational programs?
 
  A) Practicing advocacy
  B) Preventing illness
  C) Restoring health
  D) Facilitating coping
  E) Maintaining and promoting health

Question 2

A nurse is working with an older adult client, educating the client on how to ambulate with the aid of a walker. The nurse notes that the client appears to lack the motivation to learn how to use device. The client states, I'm just too old to learn.
 
  A) Tell the client how to move the walker as he ambulates.
  B) Explain how the walker supports the client's lower extremities
  C) Fully discuss the rationale for using the walker.
  D) Describe how the walker can improve the client's quality of life.

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: B, C, E
If this education is directed toward those who are healthy, weight loss information can help maintain health and prevent illness. If this education is used in those already ill (hypertension, diabetes), weight loss can restore health. The nurse is not practicing advocacy or facilitating coping by providing weight loss education.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Motivating the older adult client can be done by showing the client how the new knowledge will improve his quality of life, regardless of how long that may be. It will also demonstrate how the new knowledge could improve the client's level of independence. Although demonstrating the use of the walker and explaining how the walker assists with ambulation (and the rationale for its use) can be used to educate the client, these actions would not promote motivation for the client to learn.

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[Benayers]

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