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The nurse working in an outpatient drug addiction treatment center is discussing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to a homeless client who is experiencing opioid dependency. The nurse plans care knowing that which medications are used with MAT? Select all that apply.

Naltrexone Methadone Buprenorphine

The nurse is caring for a non-English-speaking client. Best practices for client safety and quality of care incorporates which actions by the nurse? Select all that apply.

Use interpreters who are familiar with health care. Avoid the use of relatives as interpreters to prevent misinterpretation Use dialect-specific interpreters who are the same gender if possible Become familiar with common health care words used in the client's language.

The nurse is assessing a client bladder cancer who has a cystectomy and creation of a ureterostomy. Which statement by the client indicates the need for more education about urinary stoma care?

"I empty the urinary collection bag when it is two-thirds full."

The nurse educator is providing an in-service education to the nursing staff regarding transcultural nursing care. A staff member asks the nurse educator to describe the concept of acculturation. Which response is appropriate?

"It is a process of learning a different culture to adapt to a new or changing environment."

The nurse is discussing with another nurse how health outcomes in the socioeconomically disadvantaged population are influenced by different health factors. Which health factors would the nurse identify as being related to the physical environment? Select all that apply.

Housing and transit Air and water quality

The nursing student is presenting a clinical conference and discusses the causative factors related to beta-thalassemia. Which group is at greatest risk of developing this disorder?

A child of Mediterranean descent

The nurse determines that which herbal therapies can be prescribed for use as an antispasmodic? Select all that apply.

Chamomile peppermint oil

Which model would the nurse use as being the most helpful approach in assisting clients in managing chronic illness in order to promote improved outcomes for these clients?

Collaborative care model

An older client has been prescribed digoxin. The nurse determines that which age-related change would place the client at risk for digoxin toxicity?

Decreased lean body mass and glomerular filtration rate

The nurse is discussing intervention strategies with a parent of a child with a developmental disability. Which of the following describes a family system program as an intervention strategy?

Focuses on the parents' internal factors that affect the quality of parenting

The nurse is providing care to a client diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The nurse knows that which populations are affected by this disease?

Multiple sclerosis affects women twice as often as men. Multiple sclerosis occurs in adults between the ages of 20 and 50 years Multiple sclerosis most often affects Caucasians of Northern European ancestry.

The nurse informs a nursing student about various concepts of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The nurse determines the nursing student has a need for further teaching if the nursing student states that which concept is related to TCM?

Panchakarma

The nurse is working in an outreach clinic and is assisting in planning programs to help immigrants secure reliable transportation. Which resource would be most helpful to assist this population in obtaining a driver's license?

a translator

The nurse working in a military hospital determines that military veterans are at higher risk when compared to the general population for certain injuries. Which injuries would the nurse identify? Select all that apply.

sprains tinnitus lost limbs brain injuries

The nurse is attending a presentation created by a nursing student on the impact of lack of health insurance on the individual. The nurse determines the nursing student has a need for further teaching if the student makes which statement?

"Uninsured individuals are more likely to seek preventive care."

A family has brought a toddler to the emergency department with a fractured arm. The nurse knows that nonverbal communication is important to evaluate with assessing the family. Which factors are involved in nonverbal communication? Select all that apply.

everything but intonation

The correctional nurse is assisting in developing an in-service for new correctional nurses. The nurse would suggest including which at-risk health disparities that occur in the prisoner population, when compared to the general population? Select all that apply.

everything but lupus

The nurse is talking to students during their psychiatric mental health clinical rotation. The nurse informs the students that which physical illnesses occur more frequently with severe mental illness? Select all that apply.

obesity hypertension metabolic syndrome myocardial infarction

Which statement made by the nursing student indicates a need for further teaching by the nursing instructor on the concept of ethnocentrism?

"It is imposing one's beliefs on individuals from another culture."

The nurse working in an emergency department is collecting data on a female client that is a victim of domestic violence. The nurse understands that which of the following assessment findings are characteristics of the emotional effects of abuse? Select all that apply.

The client states, "I always feel like I have no energy." The client states, "I feel so hopeless about the future." The client states, "I struggle to find the motivation to get my work done."