Exam 24: Clients With Disabilities

A community health nurse is making a home visit to a family. The family has a son with a disability who requires a motorized wheelchair. The family asks for the nurse's assistance. Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?

A nurse is caring for a 48-year-old female who has recently been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. During the home health visit, the client tells the nurse that her retirement funds as a schoolteacher will be eliminated next month. She does not have any children and is not married. Which government assistance program should the nurse assist in applying for?

A community health nurse is working in the community with the population of individuals experiencing disabilities. The nurse is developing programs to foster the achievement of the Healthy People 2020 goals for this population. On which area would the nurse focus?

A community health nurse is meeting with a group of various private businesses and organizations who provide employment in the community about the Americans with Disability Act. One of the members of the group asks, "So how many employees must I have to be bound by the legislation?" Which amount if stated by the nurse would be most accurate?

A community health nurse is providing information handouts that describe the need for annual gynecologic examinations to local health clinics that provide care for individuals with disabilities. The nurse is fulfilling which role?

A community health nurse is developing a plan of care for a family who is providing round-the-clock care in their home for a daughter who is chronically ill. Which area would be most important for the nurse to integrate into the plan?

A community health nurse is working with a group of visually impaired individuals and is developing a program to promote equality and integration of the blind into society. Which organization would be a valuable resource for the nurse?

A nurse is caring for an older female who recently loss sight in her left eye due to cancer. She is planning on visiting her daughter in a few months and expresses concern about flying and getting around the airport. Which law should the nurse explain to the client?

A community health nurse is conducting a program for a group of community leaders who are working to improve the health of persons with disabilities. When explaining the concept of disability to this group, which description would be most appropriate for the community health nurse to include?

A community health nurse is conducting a program for a group of community leaders about universal design and its benefits. The nurse determines that the group has a good understanding about this concept based on which statement?

A community health nurse is compiling a list of organizations that serve the needs of persons with disabilities in an effort to assist local community centers to address this issue. Which agency would the nurse suggest the centers to contact as a federal agency?

A community health nurse is conducting research about issues involving health-related services provided at a local community clinic for individuals with disabilities. The nurse's findings correlate with the findings from other studies, comparing individuals with disabilities and those without. Based on this research, the nurse would identify the inability to access which areas as a problem? Select all that apply.

A community health nurse notices that a client with a disability has not undergone breast cancer screening for quite a few years due to a lack of accessible equipment and personnel at the local clinic. The nurse works with the clinic to obtain appropriate equipment to facilitate screening as well as ensuring that adequate personnel are available to help with the screening. The nurse is assuming which role?

A community health nurse is reviewing the principles that resulted from the 2011 reassessment of global progress on addressing disability with a class. The nurse plans to include this information in a presentation to community leaders working to address policies and programs involving individuals with disabilities. Which information would be important for the nurse to emphasize?

A nurse is preparing to assist a public school district to screen for disabilities. Which screenings are important to assess in the preschool population? Select all that apply.

A community health nurse is planning to apply the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health to clinical care in the community. The nurse could use this document as a basis for which of the following?

After reading a journal article about the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health and concepts describing the view of health, the nurse applies this information to clients at the community health center. Which concept would the nurse attribute to a client involved in completing self-care?

A community health nurse is working with a group of community health leaders from various locations to develop programs to address the leading health risks facing these areas. The group incorporates understanding of the global risks for health in the development. Which health risk would the group need to address as the priority?

A community health nurse is working as part of a community health team tasked with developing programs to assist individuals with disability and chronic illness. Which component would be most important for the nurse to integrate into the programs?

The community health nurse is invited to speak to a group of community leaders about individuals with disabilities. As part of the discussion, the nurse intends to describe the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities, and Health (ICF) and its attempts at standardized language. After the discussion, the nurse determines that the group has understood the information when they identify which terminology as being standardized? Select all that apply.