What is the most effective method to control the spread of communicable disease?
a. Isolate the infected person from all con-tact with noninfected persons.
b. Vigorously petition the community health department to increase spraying.
c. Administer prophylactic antibiotics to the rest of the family.
d. Demonstrate and monitor a return demon-stration of a good hand washing technique by the family.
D
Good hand washing is the cornerstone of infection control.
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When you ask the patient to identify smells, you are assessing cranial nerve ______
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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A. Anovulation. B. Diabetes mellitus. C. Pregnancy. D. Von Willebrand disease.
The goal of rehabilitation is
a. To return persons to the highest possible level of physical and mental functioning b. To reduce the risk of illness c. To help the person make simple life-style changes d. To do as much as possible for the person