A nursing student is listening to a lecture on community assessment tools. The nursing instructor explains that PHNs have found that some of the best uses of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) include which of the following?
A. To locate medical facilities
B. To identify spatial data
C. To display environmental risk factors and health risks
D. To display demographic data
E. To display socioeconomic data
ANS: B, C, D, E
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A) Monthly breast self-exams B) Smoking cessation C) Annual colonoscopies D) Monthly testicular exams
An immunocompromised cancer patient has developed cryptococcal meningitis and been admitted to the intensive care unit for treatment with amphotericin B. How should the nurse most safely administer this drug?
A) Hang the drug by piggyback with lactated Ringer's and infuse over several hours to minimize the risk of infusion reaction B) Infuse the drug over 2 to 4 hours into a central line using an infusion pump C) Flush the patient's central line with normal saline and infuse the amphotericin B by intravenous push over 5 to 7 minutes. D) Place the patient on a constant infusion of amphotericin B at a rate determined by the patient's body weight.
The patient who is stuporous, but reacts by withdrawing from painful stimuli, is said to be:
1. comatose. 2. lethargic. 3. semicomatose. 4. somnolent.
When communicating with a client, the nurse recognizes that a barrier to effective communication is
a. cultural sensitivity. b. thinking ahead to the next question. c. completion of physical care in a nonhurried manner. d. focusing on the current questions asked by the client.