1. The community health nurse is assessing a family who has a chronically ill child. The child
needs special care, and the nurse has to coordinate the care for the home setting. What
behavior will the nurse assess for
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1. The community health nurse is assessing a family who has a chronically ill child. The child
needs special care, and the nurse has to coordinate the care for the home setting. What
behavior will the nurse assess for to know that the family can care for the child?
a. The family is willing to learn about the care and share the caregiving needs.
b. The mother is going to care for the child and the family herself.
c. The older siblings are going to care for the child while the parents are at work.
d. An outside agency will be coming to the home three times a week to give care.
ANS: A
The nurse will look for a family who is willing to provide care plus support each other in
this need. Having a situation where just siblings or a mother or an outside agency give care
puts an undue burden on the caregiver and brings disharmony to the family.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiological Integrity
2. A young wife is talking with the nurse about her husband who is returning from the military.
The wife confides that her husband is physically okay but is behaving differently. What is
nurse best responds
4. Many middle-?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
their children and their aging parents. What is the priority reason for aging parents needing
care?
a. Mental clarity
b. Immobility
c. Blindness
d. Multiple chronic illnesses
ANS: D
Multiple chronic illnesses come with the aging process. Middle-aged adults are becoming
the caregivers for the generation before them and the one after them. Mental clarity is a
positive aspect of aging and does not need care. Immobility and blindness do not always
mean that the person needs direct care.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Psychosocial Integrity
5. A mother is talking with the community-based nurse concerning her adult son. The son is
mentally challenged and not able to live on his own. The mother is concerned about her
for him. What is the best response by the
nurse?
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Many grandparents today are caring for grandchildren in place of a parent. Identify the
reasons why this phenomenon is happening. (Select all that apply.)
a. Children prefer living with their grandparents.
b. Parents are incarcerated.
c. Parents are deceased.
d. Grandparents are better caregivers.
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