Monitoring lead/radon levels in buildings is an example of which of the following prevention strategies as applied to environmental hazards?
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. Assessment
ANS: A
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1. being proactive in her attempts to become pregnant. 2. a healthy female and should not worry. 3. anxious about nothing. 4. misinformed.
A nurse providing care using the idea of "servicing citizens, not customers" is applying the
a. Ethical tenets of policy development b. Basic concepts of the feminist theory c. Underlying premise of virtue ethics d. Components of distributive justice
A client is hospitialized with numerous acute health problems. According to Maslow's Basic needs model, which nursing diagnosis would take the highest priority:
a) Risk for injury related to unsteady gait b) Altered nutrition, less than body requirements related to inability to absorb nutrients c) Self-care deficit related to weakness and debilitation d) Powerlessness related to chronic disease state
A patient in respiratory distress will find it easiest to breathe in the supine position
Indicate whether the statement is true or false