A nurse wanting to determine the health status of a community would most likely do which of the following?
a. Identify the number of hospitals in the community
b. Review the crime statistics for the community
c. Speak with the ministers and teachers in the community
d. Examine the morbidity and mortality rates of the community
D
To determine the health status of the community, the nurse should examine morbidity and mortality
rates for the community. Other indications of the community's health status may include birth and
death rates, life satisfaction inventories, and lifestyle functioning measures.
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A woman in her 40s has been living with migraines for many years, and these have only just been identified as being linked to her menstrual cycles. Estradiol has been prescribed, which the nurse will administer
A) intravenously. B) transcutaneously. C) intramuscularly. D) sublingually.
Which of the following nursing interventions contribute to achieving a client's goal for pain relief?
A) Minimize the client's description of pain or need for pain relief. B) Collaborate with the client about his or her goal for a level of pain relief. C) Use all forms of available pain management techniques. D) Prevent the client from self-administering analgesics.
You are performing a physical examination on a 46-year-old male patient. His examination findings include the following: positive peripheral edema, holosystolic murmur in the tricuspid region, and a pulsatile liver. His diagnosis is:
a. an aortic aneurysm. b. an arteriovenous fistula. c. tricuspid stenosis. d. tricuspid regurgitation.
Which of the following is a nursing intervention?
a. The patient will ambulate in the hallway twice this shift using crutches correctly. b. Impaired physical mobility related to inability to bear weight on right leg c. Provide assistance while the patient walks in the hallway twice this shift with crutches. d. The patient is unable to bear weight on right lower extremity.