All of the following statements are true about chronic disease/illness except
A. Chronic disease is defined as a condition that requires both modification by the patient along with interaction with the provider
B. The meaning of chronic illness includes the experience of the patient and family and provider
C. Chronic illness is reversible if diagnosed and treated early
D. Chronic conditions are those that last a year or longer
C
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The home care nurse is planning an initial visit to a family whose infant delivered at 35 weeks and developed respiratory distress syndrome. What should the nurse base her planning on?
1. Parents were involved with care throughout the infant's hospitalization. 2. The attachment process will have developed the same as with an infant at term. 3. This infant has the same risk factors for developing infections as does a term infant. 4. Risks for cognitive or emotional or developmental delays are low.
A patient presents to the clinic with complaints of fever and abdominal pain. Blood work shows an elevated white count. This patient is what?
A) In an infected state B) In a colonized state C) In an inflamed state D) In an infectious disease state
The nurse observes that an adolescent mother seems to ignore her newborn. A strategy that the nurse can use to facilitate mother-infant interaction is to:
A. tell the mother that she must pay attention to her baby. B. demonstrate for the mother different positions for holding and feeding her baby. C. show the mother how the baby initiates interaction and pays attention to her. D. arrange for the mother to watch a video on mother-infant interaction.
Which precaution is most important to teach older adults who are prescribed maraviroc (Selzentry)?
a. "If an injection site infection occurs, do not reuse that site until the skin has healed completely." b. "Take the drug with food or milk to reduce the likelihood of GI side effects." c. "Change positions slowly when moving from a sitting to a standing position." d. "Store the drug at room temperature."