List six factors that can influence the pulse rate.
What will be an ideal response?
· Illness
· Emotions
· Age
· Exercise
· Elevated temperature
· Sex
· Position
· Physical training
· Lowered temperature
· Medication or drugs
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The client has skin lesions that have not responded to prescription drugs. He tells the nurse he has heard about some research going on with a new drug and questions why he can't take it. What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "I know it is frustrating, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process is in place to ensure that drugs are safe." 2. "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has very strict rules about new drugs; it is important to be patient regarding the review/approval process." 3. "Your skin lesions really aren't that bad, but maybe the new drug will be available soon." 4. "Maybe you could contact the drug company about becoming involved in a clinical trial."
A 75-year-old woman who often used to go out to dinner with her friends has stopped from going out because she has been experiencing urinary incontinence and is afraid of having an "accident" in public
When her child asks her why she doesn't go out with her friends anymore, she says, "I'm getting too old for such foolishness." How can the nurse best assist this client? A) Assist the client to view this functional limitation as temporary and treatable. B) Encourage the client to accept this consequence of growing old. C) Rephrase the situation to one of control, and allow the client to make the decisions. D) Teach the client that majority of older adults rate their health as good to excellent.
Assumption 8 states: "Public health nursing practice utilizes a common set of interventions regardless of practice setting.". This implies:
1. Interventions are characterized by wedges that clearly state the order of imple-mentation. 2. The Intervention Wheel encompasses surveillance as the main element. 3. Interventions guide practice and are subject to regulatory agency protocols. 4. Interventions are actions taken on behalf of communities, systems, individuals, and families to improve or protect health status.
What does hepatitis mean?
A) Inflammation of the liver B) Infection of the blood C) Bleeding of the brain D) Study of the urinary system