The population health nurse is concerned that a group of lifeguards who refuse to use sunscreen might develop skin cancer. On what is the nurse focusing this concern?
1. Risk.
2. Cases.
3. Mortality.
4. Morbidity.
Answer: 1
Explanation: 1. Risk is the probability that a given individual will develop a specific condition. Cases are the number of a particular event. Mortality is the ratio of the number of deaths in various categories to the number of people in a given population. Morbidity is the ratio of the number of cases of a disease or condition to the number of people in the population.
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Which rationale by a nursing instructor best explains why it is challenging to globally classify the Asian American culture?
1. Extremes of emotional expression prevent accurate assessment of this culture. 2. Suspicion of Western civilization has understandably resulted in minimal participation in cultural research. 3. The small size of this subpopulation makes research virtually impossible. 4. The Asian American culture includes individuals from Japan, China, Vietnam, Korea, and other countries.
A young man is brought to the emergency department (ED) by friends, who say they found him at his home unresponsive. The prescriber suspects that he was poisoned. During the assessment, the man mumbles a word and becomes comatose
The nurse should immediately prepare to ad-minister a. intravenous flumazenil (Romazicon). b. syrup of ipecac. c. activated charcoal. d. intravenous dextrose.
The nurse is caring for a client whose health has suddenly worsened. The nurse calls the health care provider. What is the best example of the nurse communicating to the health care provider using the situation part of SBAR communication?
a. "The patient has developed dyspnea with audible crackles in the lungs bilaterally; oxygen saturation is 86% on room air." b. "The patient has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to a long-term history of smoking." c. "I am concerned that the patient is exhibiting signs of a pulmonary embolus due to a sudden drop in oxygenation." d. "I would like for you to order a STAT chest x-ray because the patient has suddenly developed shortness of breath with hypoxia."
Several nurses have been talking about how local and state health care policy does not benefit the care of the clients they see. How can nurses most effectively influence health care policy?
A) Find out who their governmental representatives are B) Develop quality health care initiatives for their clinic C) Seek private or grant funding to provide for their clients D) Educate legislators about health and the status of health care