You have been asked to identify epidemiologic transitions in the community. Using your knowledge about your community, what is an example of an epidemiologic transition?
A) High fertility and high mortality, resulting in slow population growth
B) Improvement in hygiene and nutrition, leading to a decreased burden of infectious disease
C) High and fluctuating mortality, due to poor health, epidemics, and famine
D) Mortality declines, and fertility later declines
C
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A nurse cares for an older adult client with heart failure. The client states, "I don't know what to do. I don't want to be a burden to my daughter, but I can't do it alone. Maybe I should die." How should the nurse respond?
a. "Would you like to talk more about this?" b. "You are lucky to have such a devoted daughter." c. "It is normal to feel as though you are a burden." d. "Would you like to meet with the chaplain?"
A patient is complaining of pain in her casted leg. The nurse has administered analgesics and elevated the limb. Thirty minutes after administering the analgesics, the patient states the pain is unrelieved
The nurse should identify the warning signs of what complication? A) Subcutaneous emphysema B) Skin breakdown C) Compartment syndrome D) Disuse syndrome
The subjective characteristic implies that pain is
a. an uncomfortable experience present only in the patient with an intact nervous system. b. an unpleasant experience accompanied by crying and tachycardia. c. activation of the sympathetic nervous system from an injury. d. whatever the patient experiencing it says it is, occurring when that patient says it does.
To reduce mortality, all patients with angina, regardless of class, should be on:
1. Aspirin 81 to 325 mg/d 2. Nitroglycerin sublingually for chest pain 3. ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers 4. Digoxin