NursingNursing PracticeConcepts for Nursing PracticePractice Set 8Functional Ability
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The nurse is assessing a patient's functional ability. Which patient best demonstrates the definition of functional ability?
Considers self as a healthy individual; uses cane for stability
College educated; travels frequently; can balance a checkbook
Works out daily, reads well, cooks, and cleans house on the weekends
Healthy individual, volunteers at church, works part time, takes care of family and house
The nurse is assessing a patient's functional performance. What assessment parameters will be most important in this assessment?
Continence assessment, gait assessment, feeding assessment, dressing assessment, transfer assessment
Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), vital signs assessment
Sleep assessment, energy assessment, memory assessment, concentration assessment
Health and well-being, amount of community volunteer time, working outside the home, and ability to care for family and house
The nurse is assessing a patient with a mobility dysfunction and wants to gain insight into the patient's functional ability. What question would be the most appropriate?
"Are you able to shop for yourself?"
"Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate?"
"Do you know what today's date is?"
"Were you sad or depressed more than once in the last 3 days?"
The nurse is developing an interdisciplinary plan of care using the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing for a patient who is currently unconscious. Which interventions would be most critical to developing a plan of care for this patient?
Eating and drinking, personal cleansing and dressing, working and playing
Toileting, transferring, dressing, and bathing activities
Sleeping, expressing sexuality, socializing with peers
Maintaining a safe environment, breathing, maintaining temperature
The home care nurse is trying to determine the necessary services for a 65-year-old patient who was admitted to the home care service after left knee replacement. Which tool is the best for the nurse to utilize?
Minimum Data Set (MDS)
Functional Status Scale (FSS)
24-Hour Functional Ability Questionnaire (24hFAQ)
The Edmonton Functional Assessment Tool