An example of an active strategy of health promotion for an individual to accomplish would be
A. Maintaining clean water in the local environment
B. Introducing fluoride into the water
C. Beginning a stress management program
D. Maintaining a sanitary sewage system
C
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A patient, age 23, seeks care at the health clinic because he has developed a profuse, purulent urethral discharge, and urination is painful. During assessment of the patient, it is most important that the nurse gather information related to
a. all of his sexual contacts within the past year. b. a history of previous similar symptoms. c. a history of bladder infections or mumps affecting the testicles. d. a history of recent sexual contact with an individual with a sexually transmitted disease.
The nurse is teaching a patient diagnosed with aortic stenosis the importance of attempting to relieve the symptom of angina without drugs. What would the nurse teach the patient?
A) To eat a small meal before taking nitroglycerin B) To drink a glass of milk before taking nitroglycerin C) To engage in 15 minutes of light exercise before taking nitroglycerin D) To rest and relax before taking nitroglycerin
The nurse counsels that complications of the continent pouches (Kock and Indiana) may be (select all that apply):
1. incontinence. 2. difficult catheterization. 3. pyelonephritis. 4. rupture of the pouch. 5. peritonitis.
Parents of a 4-year-old child are concerned because he continues to stutter. What nursing intervention is correct?
a. Remind the parents that stuttering is normal in children younger than 10 years. b. Inform the parents to have a speech evaluation performed if the stuttering continues beyond age 5 years. c. Reinforce the fact that this common speech defect requires no treatment. d. Tell the parents that speech problems are most treatable during the child's teen years.