State and local "police powers" provide surveillance activities. Health departments usually have legal authority to investigate unusual:
1. Pandemics
2. Clusters of illness
3. World trends of disease
4. Cases of the common cold and pneumonia
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Powers of local government include clusters of illness surveillance.
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A patient who has received a heart transplant is taking cyclosporine, an immunosuppressant. What should the nurse emphasize during health education about infection prevention?
A) Eat a high-calorie, high-protein diet. B) Limit physical activity in order to conserve energy. C) Take prophylactic antibiotics as ordered. D) Perform frequent handwashing.
A man, aged 84 years, was stopped for going through a red light in a small town where he has lived all his life. He told the officer, "It wasn't there yesterday."
He was unable to tell the officer his address and demonstrated labile mood, seeming pleasant one minute and angry the next. The officer took the man home to discuss his condition with the family and found that he lives with his wife, who is legally blind. She stated, "He's my eyes, and I'm his mind.". She also related that her husband wanders around the neighborhood, sometimes taking tools from people's garages, saying they belong to him. She reluctantly agreed that he should go to the emergency department for evaluation. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. What cardinal sign of Alzheimer's disease does this patient demonstrate? a. Aphasia b. Apraxia c. Agnosia d. Amnesia
A patient requires neuromuscular blockade (NMB) as part of treatment of refractive increased intracranial pressure. The nursing care for this patient includes: (Select all that apply.)
a. administration of sedatives concurrently with neuromuscular blockade. b. dangling the patient's feet over the edge of the bed and assisting the patient to sit up in a chair at least twice each day. c. ensuring that deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis is initiated. d. providing interventions for eye care, oral care, and skin care.
The nurse is observing a play group of children of all ages. Which activity would the toddlers in the group most likely be doing?
A) Pretending to be mommies and daddies in the play house B) Playing with the plastic vacuum cleaner pushing it around the room C) Painting pictures in the art corner of the room D) Watching a movie with other children their age