When working with clients, a community health nurse promotes the clients' self-concept and health promoting behaviors. The nurse is attempting to achieve which outcome?
A) A value system
B) Prescriptive–proscriptive beliefs
C) Individual autonomy
D) Values clarification
Ans: C
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1. The foreskin will be retractable at 2 months. 2. Retract the foreskin and clean thoroughly. 3. Avoid retracting the foreskin. 4. Use soap and Betadine to cleanse the penis daily.
The nurse cares for a client who wants to try biofeedback for relief of chronic pain. What advantages to this therapy does the nurse recognize? Select all that apply.
A. Increases circulation and endorphins. B. Completely controlled by the client. C. Rapid pain relief. D. Redirects energy flow through pressure on meridian points. E. Promotes stress reduction as well as pain relief.
The nurse is caring for a client who is using a TENS unit for pain management. Which statements will the nurse use when teaching the client about this therapy? Select all that apply.
A. "Make sure and cover the unit while showering or bathing." B. "When turning the unit on, make sure the amplitude control is set to 5." C. "With the unit off, plug the lead wires into the battery-operated unit at one end, leaving the electrodes at the other end." D. "Increase the amplitude until you feel discomfort and then decrease the amplitude until you feel comfortable." E. "Wash, rinse, and dry the area where you would like to apply the electrodes."
Plans of the health care team with a patient with a sinusoidal FHR pattern may include
A. Administration of an NST B. Administration of tocolytics C. Kleinhauer-Betke lab test