A patient says that she is planning to quit smoking and reduce alcohol consumption. The nurse realizes this patient is demonstrating which of the following behaviors?
a. health promotion c. health protection
b. disease prevention d. wellness
A
Health promotion begins with the mindset to shape a healthy lifestyle. It also includes the avoidance of unhealthy behaviors such as smoking and alcohol consumption. Disease prevention or health-protection behaviors are those that protect people from the ill effects of actual or potential health threats. Wellness is the condition in which an individual functions at an optimal level.
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A nurse determines that vital signs will need to be repeated within 4 hours in which of the following examples of recorded patient vital signs? Select all that apply
1. Blood pressure (BP) 164/90, temperature (T) 98.4°F, pulse rate (P) 89 bounding and regular, respiration rate (R) 26 2. BP 116/72, T 100.6°F, P 88 strong and regular, R 32 3. BP 110/74, T 97.8°F, P 74 strong and regular, R 19 4. BP 128/68, T 98.6°F, P 80 strong and regular, R 20 5. BP 112/86, T 97.8°F, P 48 weak and irregular, R 24
Which type of sample is considered to be the weakest for quantitative studies?
A) Convenience B) Quota C) Purposive D) Systematic
A staff nurse volunteered to serve on a newly formed task force charged with developing evidence-based practice protocols. This participation gave the staff nurse:
a. Referent power b. Interpersonal power c. Reward power d. Coercive power
When a client newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus assumes responsibility for checking her blood glucose level four times a day, this is an example of:
1. Cognitive learning 2. Affective learning 3. Impaired learning 4. Psychomotor learning