A nurse working in a correctional setting is implementing care using which level of prevention?
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Assessment
C
If disability, incarceration, or death occurs, tertiary prevention is applied in settings appropriate to address rehabilitation or identify factors that have put individuals at risk.
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During the preparation phase of a therapeutic relationship with a client, what is the main task to be completed by the nurse?
a. To establish with the client the purpose of the relationship b. To gather and review all possible information regarding the client c. To build trust with the client d. To obtain agreement from the client to work in conjunction with the nurse
What medication would the nurse expect the physician to prescribe as palliative treatment for advanced prostate cancer?
A) Histrelin (Vantas) B) Ganirelix (Antagon) C) Nafarelin (Synarel) D) Somatropin (Nutropin)
The public health nurse notices that several patients in the hypertension clinic have poorly controlled hypertension, even though they have been prescribed appropriate antihypertensive drugs
Which question will best enable the nurse to assess these patients? 1. "Does your religion allow the use of high blood pressure medication?" 2. "Do you think your high blood pressure is a problem?" 3. "Can you afford the high blood pressure medication?" 4. "Does your culture use herbs to treat high blood pressure?"
A good approach to assessment includes all the following except:
1. Look. 2. Touch. 3. Talk. 4. Move quickly.