A Child Who Is Dependent on a Ventilator Is Being

question 3

Multiple Choice

A child who is dependent on a ventilator is being discharged from the hospital.Prior to discharge,the home health nurse discusses development of an emergency plan of care with the family.Which of the following is the most essential part of the plan?

• A)Acquisition of a backup generator
• B)Designation of an emergency shelter site
• C)Provision for an alternate heating source if power is lost
• D)Notifying the power company that the child is on life support

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Definitions:

Direct Perception

The theory that suggests sensory information is inherently meaningful and that objects in the environment afford opportunities for action without the need for cognitive processing.

Affordances

The opportunities or possibilities for action provided by objects and environments to an organism.

Agnosia

A neurological disorder marked by the inability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss.

Distal Stimulus

Objects or events in the external world that provide the physical energy that is then converted by the sensory organs into neural energy, leading to perception.