The nurse is explaining the importance of hand washing after using the toilet to parents of young children. Which is the most important reason for this practice?
1. Children's immune systems are not fully developed.
2. Hand washing is the main way to limit the transmission of disease.
3. Not all bathrooms are clean.
4. Children do not like to have dirty hands.
2
Rationale 1: Underdeveloped immune systems will not transmit disease.
Rationale 2: The fecal-oral and respiratory routes are the most common sources of transmission in children.
Rationale 3: Children usually do not wash their hands after toileting unless they are closely supervised.
Rationale 4: This is not a reason for washing hands after using the toilet.
Global Rationale:
You might also like to view...
A patient comes to the ED with complaints of back pain. After interviewing this patient, you see that he is a little cyanotic and has problems following the conversation. You would conclude which of the following:
1. The patient is sleepy after being up all night. 2. The patient is bored with this whole process. 3. The patient has signs of being overdosed. 4. The patient is on asthma medication.
The home health nurse caring for the patient with tuberculosis who is taking rifampin and isoniazid (INH) will be alert for an indication of a common side effect of these drugs, which is:
a. gallstones. b. liver disorders. c. bleeding ulcers. d. esophagitis.
The nurse is caring for a Hindu patient receiving hospice care. Which does the nurse expect to facilitate for the family when the patient dies?
a. Allowing the family members to wash and prepare the patient's body b. Helping the family arrange for burial of the body c. Communion and prayers by any type of minister or priest d. Discussion of the finality of death
________ is the period of accelerated growth rate and sexual development.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).