A wound care nurse would like to know which of two available treatments would provide her home care clients with the highest health benefit per dollar spent. To obtain this information, she should find documents containing a ____
a. Cost-benefit ratio
b. Cost-effectiveness analysis
c. Patient profile review
d. Wound intervention index
B
Cost-effectiveness analysis studies are a tool recognized by the National Institute for Nursing Research that helps determine which intervention provides the highest health care benefit per dollar.
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The nurse is educating a group of preschool parents about the importance of safety. Which statement by a parent indicates the need for further education?
a. "I continue to provide a great deal of indirect supervision for my child." b. "My stairway is always free of clutter." c. "I only leave my child in the car for brief moments." d. "Medications are kept in a locked cabinet."
When preparing a community education plan of care for a population to address HIV/AIDS prevention, which of the following would be most important for the nurse to include?
A) The highly vulnerable and risky position of caregivers B) The negative attitude that HIV/AIDS clients have toward caregivers C) Which of the curative treatments are best to use with clients D) The need for education about risk-reduction behaviors
The Unna paste boot is wrapped in a variety of directions to make the most of muscular action. These dressings are usually changed:
a. twice a day. b. once a day. c. every 2 to 3 days. d. twice a month.
A school health nurse is conducting drug screening to detect drug use by students before problems develop. Which of the following levels of prevention does this action represent?
a. Primary prevention b. Secondary prevention c. Tertiary prevention d. Primary and secondary prevention