Chapter 39: Rehabilitation Nursing

Chapter 39: Rehabilitation Nursing

Cooper: Foundations of Nursing, 9th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• The nurse who is part of a team focused on restoring an individual to the fullest physical,

mental, social, vocational, and economic capacity is practicing what type of nursing?

• Holistic nursing
• Conscientious nursing
• Rehabilitation nursing
• Comprehensive nursing

ANS: C

Rehabilitation is the process of restoring an individual to the fullest physical, mental, social, vocational, and economic capacity of which he or she is capable.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 1188 OBJ: 1 TOP: Rehabilitation KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance

• The nurse recognizes that the rehabilitation process involves the efforts of various disciplines.

The focus of rehabilitation is to build on which area?

• A person‘s losses
• A person‘s long-term plans
• A person‘s drives
• A person‘s abilities

ANS: D

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The underlying philosophy of rehabilitation is to focus on the abilities of the patient.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1188 OBJ: 1 TOP: Rehabilitation KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance

• The nurse should tell a paraplegic that the rehabilitation experience will consist of:
• relearning former skills.
• learning to walk.
• learning new skills to adapt to a different lifestyle.
• developing muscle strength.

ANS: C

The type and the focus of rehabilitation are individualized to the patient, the injury, and abilities. Skills will be taught to enhance the patient‘s adaptation to a new lifestyle.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1189 | 1190 OBJ: 3 TOP: Rehabilitation KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance

• The nurse who helps a patient with a disability rejoice in the acquisition of the smallest new

skill is embracing which rehabilitation philosophy?

• Resolving impairments

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