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Medical-Surgical Nursing

Check Your Understanding Questions

Medical-Surgical NursingCheck Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
What is the difference between chronic disease and chronic illness?
2 .
Give an example of two chronic diseases and explain why they might occur together.
3 .
How does the SNAP help ensure that patients with disabilities receive equitable care?
4 .
A nurse is caring for an older adult patient who presents to the hospital after a fall and hip fracture at home. The patient reports being unable to afford her medications and not having a car to get them refilled. What obstacles to health care access does this patient have?
5 .
What social or financial assistance programs could the nurse recommend to a patient who recently lost their job and is worried about being able to afford housing and food?
6 .
What are some lifestyle modifications you could suggest to a patient at high risk for developing CVD?
7 .
Explain the purpose of the Chronic Care Model.
8 .
Identify some important questions to ask a patient with suspected breast cancer during the subjective interview.
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