The Nurse Is Caring for an 80-Year-Old Client with the Medical

question 24

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for an 80-year-old client with the medical diagnosis of heart failure. The client has oedema, orthopnoea, and confusion. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate for this client?

• A) Excess Fluid Volume related to congestive heart failure as evidenced by oedema and confusion.
• B) Fluid Volume Deficit related to loss of fluids as evidenced by oedema.
• C) Excess Fluid Volume related to retention of fluids as evidenced by oedema and orthopnoea.
• D) Heart Failure related to oedema, as evidenced by confusion.

Recognize the importance and challenges of implementing organizational change across different cultures.

Identify different organizational change strategies and interventions, and determine their appropriateness for specific situations.

Acknowledge the potential resistance to change within organizations and understand strategies to manage it.

Understand the role of stages in models of organizational change, like Lewin's Force Field Analysis and appreciative inquiry.

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Definitions:

Diversity

The inclusion of individuals with different characteristics and backgrounds, such as ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, and beliefs, within a group or organization.

Workforce

The pool of individuals engaged in or available for work, either in a specific company or in the economy as a whole.

Power Distance

A cultural dimension that describes the extent to which less powerful members of organizations or societies accept and expect power to be distributed unequally.

Whistle-blowing

The act of exposing any kind of information or activity within an organization that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct by an employee or former employee.