What is the most important milestone achieved in global health over the last 50 years?
Answer: Decrease in the under-5 mortality rate to 65 per 1,000 children.
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Chemotherapeutic agents are classified according to what feature?
a. Side effects b. Effectiveness c. Mechanism of action d. Route of administration
A nurse is teaching a lawn-care worker about the risk of hearing loss. What might be recommended?
A) "Listen to loud music with earphones while mowing." B) "Just ignore the noise; you are too young for damage." C) "Wear earplugs while using lawn equipment." D) "Clean your ears with cotton-tipped applicators daily."
The nurse is preparing to assess the extremities of a client experiencing right-sided heart failure. Which findings should the nurse anticipate in the lower extremities?
A. Pitting edema. B. Pallor. C. Weak pedal pulses. D. Sensory loss.
A care aide has rung the call light for assistance while providing a client's twice-weekly bath because the client became agitated and aggressive while being undressed
Knowing that the client has a diagnosis of dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) and is prone to agitation, which of the following measures may help in preventing this client's agitation? A) Decreasing the frequency of the client's baths from two times to one time per week B) Reminding the client multiple times that he or she will be soon having a bath C) Reinforcing the facility's zero-tolerance policy for aggressive behavior D) Providing all of the client's daily medications early on the day of a scheduled bath