The maternal–child nurse stresses to the recently graduated nurse that primary care focuses on: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Health promotion.
2. Illness prevention.
3. Hospital care.
4. Skilled nursing care.
5. Curing disease.
1,2
Rationale 1: Healthcare providers can help foster self-care by focusing on health promotion education during every patient encounter.
Rationale 2: By fostering health-promoting behaviors, many illnesses can be prevented.
Rationale 3: Primary care does not necessarily focus on hospital care.
Rationale 4: Primary care does not necessarily focus on skilled nursing care.
Rationale 5: Primary care does not focus on curing disease.
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A team of nurses who provide care in a community hospital have been encouraged to participate in continuing educational activities. Why is continuing education needed in nursing?
A) Continuing education helps to delineate the distinctions between nurses and physicians. B) Continuing education increases the public visibility of individual nurses and the nursing profession. C) Continuing education has the potential to partially alleviate the nursing shortage. D) Continuing education allows for safer division of labor on hospital units and more effective delegation of tasks.
After completion of an eye examination using direct ophthalmoscopy, the assessment that the nurse would document as "normal" is
a. irregular margins to optic disc. b. oval optic disc. c. physiologic cup 75% of optic disc diameter. d. retinal veins darker than arteries.
The nurse is caring for a patient newly diagnosed with glaucoma. The patient is asymptomatic except for increased intraocular pressure detected during a routine eye examination
When developing a plan of care, which intervention should have the highest priority? 1. Assess for fall injuries. 2. Discuss risk factors for developing glaucoma. 3. Consider home maintenance issues. 4. Stress the importance of compliance with the glaucoma eyedrop regimen.
When changing an infant's diaper, the nurse notices small bright red papules with satellite lesions on the perineum, anterior thigh, and lower abdomen. This rash is characteristic of which condition?
a. Primary candidiasis b. Irritant contact dermatitis c. Intertrigo d. Seborrheic dermatitis