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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14e (Hinkle 2017)
Chapter 2 : Community-Based Nursing Practice Questions
Question 1 of 5
Infection control is a high priority in every setting where nursing care is provided. When performing a home visit, how should the nurse best implement the principles of infection control?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Infection control is as important in the home as it is in the hospital, but it can be more challenging in the home and requires creative approaches. As in any situation, it is important to clean ones hands before and after giving direct patient care, even in a home that does not have running water. Removing the wound dressings from the home and disinfecting all work areas in the home are not the best implementations of infection control in the home. Used syringes are never disinfected and a sterile field is not always necessary.
Question 2 of 5
An adult patient is ready to be discharged from the hospital after undergoing a transmetatarsal amputation. When should your patients discharge planning begin?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Discharge planning begins with the patients admission to the hospital and must consider the possible need for follow-up home care. Discharge planning should begin prior to the other listed times.
Question 3 of 5
A home health nurse is preparing to make the initial visit to a new patients home. When planning educational interventions, what information should the nurse provide to the patient and his or her family?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The community-based nurse is responsible for informing the patient and family about the community resources available to meet their needs. During initial and subsequent home visits, the nurse helps the patient and family identify these community services and encourages them to contact the appropriate agencies. When appropriate, nurses may make the initial contact. The other answers are incorrect because it is inappropriate to ever provide information on other patients to a patient. The nurses credentials are not normally discussed. Giving the patient the dates and times of their scheduled home visits is appropriate, but may not always be possible. It is more important to provide them with resources available within the community to meet their needs.
Question 4 of 5
The home health nurse receives a referral from the hospital for a patient who needs a home visit for wound care. After obtaining the referral, what would be the first action the nurse should take?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: After receiving a referral, the first step is to call the patient and obtain permission to make the visit.
Then the nurse should schedule the visit and verify the address. A physicians order is not necessary to schedule a visit with the patient. The nurse may identify community services or the need for a home health aide after assessing the patient and the home environment during the first visit with the patient. This would not be delegated to a home health aide.
Question 5 of 5
At the beginning of a day that will involve several home visits, the nurse has ensured that the health care agency has a copy of her daily schedule. What is the rationale for the nurses action?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Whenever a nurse makes a home visit, the agency should know the nurses schedule and the locations of the visits. The other answers are incorrect because providing the agency with a copy of the daily schedule is not for the purpose of correctly paying the nurse or for the ease of the nurse in changing assignments. It is also not intended for the patients ease in canceling appointments.