Health promotion can BEST be defined as:
a. avoiding illness c. choosing healthy behaviors
b. preventing illness d. maintaining current health status
C
Health promotion is concerned with helping individuals and groups to choose behaviors that will improve their health, well-being, and functioning. The 1990 United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) document, Healthy People 2000, outlines national goals for health promotion.
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1. Assist the client to perform activities of daily living. 2. Consult with other clinicians to provide services for clients and effect system change. 3. Encourage the client to discuss triggers for relapse. 4. Use prescriptive authority in accordance with state and federal laws. 5. Educate the family about signs and symptoms of alcohol dependence and withdrawal.
A 94-year-old patient is receiving gentamicin sulfate (Garamycin) in a continuous intravenous (IV) infusion. The nurse adds to the nursing care plan the diagnosis "Risk for injury." What nursing action should be implemented?
a. Pull side rails in place. b. Assist with ambulation. c. Measure intake and output. d. Provide for a possible seizure.
A patient from Southeast Asia presents to the clinic with complaints of shortness of breath. The patient says, "I tried to coin my wind illness, but it did not work.". Which assessment finding would the nurse expect?
1. The patient is wearing an amulet shaped like a dragon. 2. The patient has burns on the inside of the nose and mouth. 3. The patient is pale from blood loss. 4. The patient has small scrapes across the back and chest.
A new mother at 36 hours post-delivery has asked to be discharged to home. The nurse explains that criteria for discharge before the newborn is 48 hours old include:
1. The newborn's respiratory rate is less than 60 breaths/min. 2. Singleton birth at a minimum 37 weeks' gestation. 3. The newborn has passed at least three spontaneous stools. 4. The newborn has normal and stable vital signs for 24 hours before discharge.