Community and Public Health Nursing 3rd Edition DeMarco Walsh Test Bank 1

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Origin: Chapter 1- Public Health Nursing, 1 1. A nurse is striving to practice patient-centered care at a hospital. Which action best exemplifies providing patient-centered care? A)Having a client co... mplete a self-reported functional status indicator and then reviewing it with the clients)Explaining to a client the benefits of computer-assisted robotic surgical techniques, which the hospital recently implemented)Recording a client's signs and symptoms in an electronic health record)Performing continuous glucose monitoring of a client while the client is in thehospitalAns: A Feedback: Patient-centered care considers cultural traditions, personal preferences, values, families, and lifestyles. Clients become active participants in their own care, and monitoring health becomes the client's responsibility. To help clients and their healthcare providers make better decisions, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a series of tools that empower clients and assist providers in achieving desired outcomes, including client-reported functional status indicators. Computer-assisted robotic surgical techniques, electronic health records, and continuous glucose monitoring in the hospital are all technological advances in healthcare, but they do not help the client become a more active participant in his or her care, and thus are not good examples of patient-centered care. [Show More]

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