A nurse has just accepted a job with the local public health department. The nurse will be responsible for monitoring and managing the vital statistics. What data will be tracked?
A. Communicable diseases
B. Births
C. Marriages
D. Divorces
E. Deaths
ANS: B, C, D, E
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The nurse works in a clinic that has many African American patients. What would the nurse need to consider when caring for patients with hypertension? (Select all that apply.)
A) African American men are at highest risk for hypertension. B) African Americans respond best to single-drug therapy. C) African Americans are most responsive to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. D) Increased adverse effects occur when using thiazide and thiazide-like diuretics. E) First-line use of a calcium channel blocker with changes to lifestyle is best in African Americans.
A nurse is discussing home care of a patient with dementia with the patient's family. What should the nurse advise the family do to prevent the patient from wandering?
a. Apply a vest restraint to keep the patient in bed or in a chair. b. Put locks on any doors that it would be dangerous for the patient to open (e.g., outside doors, medicine cabinet). c. Have someone remind the patient at least every 2 hours that he or she must not go outside by him or herself. d. Set up a reward system for the times the patient stays where the family has re-quested.
____________________ is an acute confusional state caused by reversible medical problems.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The nurse educator is describing the process by which drugs are transported after they have been absorbed or administered directly into the bloodstream. Which response by the student indicates understanding of the process?
1. This process is metabolism. 2. This process is administration. 3. This process is excretion. 4. This process is distribution.