The community/public health nurse invites a dietitian to a healthy lifestyles program to discuss fun ways to eat vegetables and fruits as snacks. Which of the following best describes this nursing intervention?
a. Disability limitation
b. Primary prevention
c. Secondary prevention
d. Tertiary prevention
ANS: B
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The nurse intends to lobby the state legislature to write a new code of ethics for the nurses in the state. Is this an appropriate idea?
1. Yes, the code of ethics is written and published by individual state legislatures. 2. No, federal lawmakers have jurisdiction over codes of ethics. 3. No, the code of ethics is the product of hospital associations across the nation. 4. No, professional nursing organizations write the code of ethics for nurses.
The nurse is admitting the fourth patient in 2 days who is experiencing malaise, high fever, and headache. All patients attended a local air show the previous weekend. Which nursing action is necessary?
1. Discuss the need to contact public health authorities regarding the similarity of the cases. 2. Plan to place the patients in the same room. 3. Ask the patients for permission to talk with family members regarding other symptoms. 4. Assess the patients for what foods they ate while at the air show.
An infant that is nutritionally deprived is weak and seems somewhat uninterested in food. How often should the nurse plan to feed this infant?
A) Every hour B) Every two or three hours C) Every four hours D) On demand
For several years, a 39-year-old female has been averaging two to three bottles of wine each night after her children go to sleep and has included several ounces of brandy in recent years as well
Despite negative consequences to her career and the dissolution of her marriage, her drinking has culminated in a diagnosis of cirrhosis. Which of the following physical manifestations of the health problem would her care team anticipate? Select all that apply. A) Ascites B) Anorexia C) Fever D) Bleeding tendencies E) Epigastric pain F) Obesity