While Admitting a Patient to the Medical Unit,the Nurse Determines

question 20

Multiple Choice

While admitting a patient to the medical unit,the nurse determines that the patient is hard of hearing.How should the nurse use this information to plan teaching and learning strategies?

• A) Motivation and readiness to learn will be affected.
• B) The family must be included in the teaching process.
• C) The patient will have problems understanding information.
• D) Written materials should be provided with verbal instructions.

Understand the concept and implications of drug dependence and addiction.

Understand the historical changes in the treatment of mental illness, including deinstitutionalization.

Distinguish between different types of professions within the field of abnormal psychology and their roles.

Recognize the impact of legislation and health programs on mental health care access and affordability in the United States.

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Definitions:

Coefficient of Variation

A standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution, expressed as a ratio of the standard deviation to the mean.

Extreme Values

Data points that significantly differ from other observations. They can be unusually high or low and may be considered outliers.

Median

The middle value in a sorted, ascending or descending, list of numbers.

Percentile

A value on a scale of 100 that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it.