A nursing student develops a teaching plan about hand washing to present to a group of elementary school children at the local school. Which public health intervention is be-ing implemented?
a. Collaboration
b. Surveillance
c. Health teaching
d. Screening
C
Health teaching communicates facts, ideas, and skills that change knowledge, attitudes, values, beliefs, and practices of individuals, families, systems, and/or communities.
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Which of the following explanations best reflects an aspect of a bone marrow biopsy? A) "I'll take a sample of your bone marrow from your breastbone or your spine." B) "I will be harvesting a sample of your stem cells for examination." C) "I need a more accurate count of your blood components than normal blood work is able to provide." D) "I need to get samples of the types of blood cells that your body is producing."
The nurse is teaching parents of a child being discharged from the hospital after a splenectomy about the risk of infection. What should the nurse include in the teaching session? (Select all that apply.)
a. Avoid obtaining the pneumococcal vaccination for the child. b. Avoid obtaining the meningococcal vaccination for the child. c. The child should receive prophylactic penicillin for certain procedures. d. Have the child immunized with the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination. e. Notify the health care provider if your child develops a fever of 38.5° C (101.3° F).
After completing assessments, a nurse uses the data collected to identify appropriate nursing diagnoses for a client. For what are the nursing diagnoses used?
A) Selecting nursing interventions to meet expected outcomes B) Establishing a database of information for future comparison C) Mutually establishing desired outcomes of the plan of care D) Evaluating the effectiveness of the established plan of care
A nurse is caring for a 40 weeks' gestation neonate. The neonate is 12 hours post-birth and has been admitted to the NICU for meconium aspiration
The nurse recalls that the following are potential complications related to meconium aspiration (select all that apply): A) Obstructed airway B) Hyperinflation of the alveoli C) Hypoinflation of the alveoli D) Decreased surfactant proteins