When taking a health history for a female client, which factor would the nurse identify as placing the client at increased risk for breast cancer?
A) Consumption of high-fat diet
B) First child after age 30
C) Low level of physical activity
D) Bottle-feeding her children
B
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A health care facility is implementing a new evidence-based nursing protocol. Which action is necessary to ensure successful implementation?
a. Develop evaluation processes to validate the protocol. b. Ask for recommendations from senior nursing administration. c. Assess cost-effectiveness of the evidence-based protocol. d. Attain support from nurses who are implementing the protocol.
The patient was admitted with the diagnosis of a stroke. The patient experiences dysphagia and right side paralysis and needs assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)
The nurse caring for the patient has assigned the task of feeding the patient to the new nursing assistant personnel (NAP), and is concerned about aspiration. The nurse knows additional teaching is necessary when NAP states which of the following? a. "I will remind the patient to tilt the head backward when drinking fluids." b. "Thin fluids like water and fruit juice will need to be thickened." c. "I need to watch for pocketing food as I feed the patient." d. "It will take much longer to feed the patient than it did before the stroke."
The nurse is preparing to teach a 43-year-old man who is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about home management of the disease. Which action should the nurse take first?
a. Ask the patient's family to participate in the diabetes education program. b. Assess the patient's perception of what it means to have diabetes mellitus. c. Demonstrate how to check glucose using capillary blood glucose monitoring. d. Discuss the need for the patient to actively participate in diabetes management.
Which of the following is considered a "practice" (as opposed to a belief or value)?
a. Always drinking water after exercise b. Thinking often about cleanliness c. Placing an emphasis on success d. Maintaining youth