A nurse fulfills the environmental health competency of "assessment and referral" when
a. Advocating for public policy changes
b. Understanding policy framework and major pieces of legislation
c. Completing an environmental health history
d. Describing the scientific principles about environmental health
ANS: C
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The nurse plans to develop a comprehensive screening tool to use with young adults, assessing their lifestyles and healthy living habits. What barrier must the nurse plan to overcome in order to make this screening successful?
a. Young adults may not see a health provider regularly. b. Young adults are so diversified that a screening tool may not be appropriate. c. Young adults have too many risky lifestyle behaviors to make education relevant. d. Young adults are too busy with their lives to see a health care provider regularly.
A patient admitted with acute respiratory failure has a nursing diagnosis of ineffective airway clearance related to thick, secretions. Which action is a priority for the nurse to include in the plan of care?
a. Encourage use of the incentive spirometer. b. Offer the patient fluids at frequent intervals. c. Teach the patient the importance of ambulation. d. Titrate oxygen level to keep O2 saturation >93%.
The parent of a child who is receiving chemotherapy asks the nurse why metoclopramide (Reglan) is not being used to suppress vomiting. The nurse will explain that, in children, this drug is more likely to cause which effect?
a. Excess sedation b. Extrapyramidal symptoms c. Paralytic ileus d. Vertigo
A nurse is working in the surgical recovery unit and is caring for a patient who is still under anesthesia. She notes that the patient's oxygen level is 82% on room air. What would the nurse be guilty of if she were to withhold oxygen from this patient?
a. Commission of an act b. Nothing, because the patient will naturally recover from the anesthesia c. Professional negligence d. Assault and battery