A nurse encourages a pregnant teenager to attend a prenatal clinic. This an important nursing intervention because pregnant teenagers are more likely to
a. Need adoption counseling.
b. Have poor nutrition and lifestyle habits.
c. Ignore their pregnancy.
d. Have gestational diabetes.
ANS: B
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At the completion of a health interview, the nurse is concerned that a newborn is at risk for maltreatment. Which observation caused the nurse to come to this conclusion?
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The public health nurse notices that several patients in the hypertension clinic have poorly controlled hypertension, even though they have been prescribed appropriate antihypertensive drugs
Which question will best enable the nurse to assess these patients? 1. "Does your religion allow the use of high blood pressure medication?" 2. "Do you think your high blood pressure is a problem?" 3. "Can you afford the high blood pressure medication?" 4. "Does your culture use herbs to treat high blood pressure?"
The first industrial nurse is considered to be:
a. Betty Moulder b. Ada Mayo Stewart c. Lillian Wald d. Florence Nightingale