A community health nurse has prepared handouts that describe the need for annual gynecologic exams and is sending them to local health clinics that provide care for individuals with disabilities. The nurse is fulfilling which role?
A) Advocate
B) Coordinator
C) Researcher
D) Educator
D
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A patient who is 28 weeks pregnant presents with consistent hypertension. What need would the home health nurse make the first priority?
a. Activity restriction b. Balanced nutrition c. Increased fluid intake to ensure adequate hydration d. Instruction about the effect of diuretics
The nurse has admitted a patient who is scheduled for a thoracic resection. The nurse is providing preoperative teaching and is discussing several diagnostic studies that will be required prior to surgery
Which study will be performed to determine whether the planned resection will leave sufficient functioning lung tissue? A) Pulmonary function studies B) Exercise tolerance tests C) Arterial blood gas values D) Chest x-ray
The nurse is caring for a newborn infant who has Down syndrome. Which of the following nursing actions reflects the nurse's use of the ethical principle of nonmaleficence?
A) The nurse speaks truthfully to the parents regarding their child's prognosis. B) The nurse provides safe, competent nursing care to avoid harming the infant. C) The nurse involves the parents in making health care decisions for their child. D) The nurse fairly allocates resources for caring for newborns in a facility.
Which of the following activities would represent a customer-friendly approach in a healthcare setting? (Select all that apply.)
a. Using a local anesthetic before inserting a needle into a child's arm b. Repeating patient history information to the admitting clerk, the admitting nurse, and the ultrasound technician c. Ensuring that birthing preferences are on file and available when a laboring mother comes in d. Providing support to families when a fam-ily member is brought into trauma