NAME : Kate Angel Escoton SECTION: BSN 4-A5

SAS # 5

LESSON PREVIEW

• Quarantine- is usually considered to be the restriction of the activities of a healthy person who
has been exposed to a communicable disease, usually for the period of time necessary for the
diseases to reveal itself through physical symptoms.
• Isolation- is usually defined to mean the separation of a person known to have a communicable
disease for the period of time in which diseases remains communicable.
• Civil commitment- is often associated today with proceedings in the mental health system to
forcibly confine persons who are mentally ill and a danger either to themselves or to others.

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

ANSWER RATIONALE
1. C The health-beliefs assessment includes expectations of health care; promotive,
preventive, and restorative practices, such as breast self-examination, testicular
examination, and seat-belt use; and how the client perceives illness. Use of
medications provides information about the client's personal habits. Educational
level, financial status, and family role and relationship patterns represent
information associated with role and relationship patterns.
2. B Client complaints about chest pain, dyspnea, or abdominal pain are considered
part of the review of body systems. This portion of the assessment elicits
subjective information on the client's perceptions of major body system
functions, including cardiac, respiratory, and abdominal.

3. A The first priority is to evaluate airway patency. Pain management and splinting
are important for client comfort, but come after an airway assessment. Coughing
and deep breathing may be contraindicated if the client has internal bleeding
and other injuries.
4. D Biographic information may include name, address, gender, race, occupation,
and location of a living will or a durable power of attorney for health care.
5. C The client is hyperventilating secondary to anxiety, and breathing into a paper
bag will allow rebreathing of carbon dioxide. Also, encouraging slow breathing
will help. Other treatments such as oxygen administration and medication may
be needed if other causes are identified.