The nurse is planning a community program for parents that focuses on the 2020 National Health Goals to reduce of respiratory illness in children. Which information should the nurse emphasize in this presentation? (Select all that apply.)

Question

A) Adhering to recommended immunizations
B) Engaging in age-appropriate activity daily
C) Importance of avoiding all cigarette smoking
D) Ensuring an adequate dietary intake of calcium products
E) Role of good hand washing to reduce transmission of disease

Answer 1

A, C, E
Feedback:
Nurses can help the nation achieve the 2020 National Health Goals to reduce respiratory illness in children by teaching children to avoid cigarette smoking, ways to help avoid respiratory infections such as good hand washing, and reminding parents to come for child health maintenance visits so that children can receive pneumococcal immunization or screening for tuberculosis, as appropriate. Activity and nutrition are not identified as interventions to reduce the risk of respiratory illness in children.