A riverfront community builds a retaining wall to divert flood water away from the town. This is an example of
a. Mitigation
b. A natural disaster
c. Disaster reduction
d. Disaster health
ANS: A
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A) Inability to make independent decisions B) Behavior mandated by protocols C) Appropriate use of resources D) Fear of autonomous action
The nurse is caring for a child with congestive heart failure and is administering the drug digoxin. Why is digitalization done at the beginning of treatment for this health problem?
A) To decrease the pain to a tolerable level B) To increase the heart rate C) To establish a maintenance dose of the drug D) To build the blood levels to a therapeutic level
What are symptoms that may indicate an inguinal hernia?
1. Right lower quadrant pain with rebound tenderness 2. A feeling of weakness or pressure in the groin 3. The lack of a hydrocele in a newborn 4. Pain after internal rotation of a flexed thigh
The surgical report of a newly transferred client indicates that there was a great deal of intestinal spillage into the abdominal cavity during the client's bowel resection
For which category of wound should the receiving nurse plan care for this client? 1. Clean-contaminated 2. Contaminated 3. Dirty 4. Infected