A nurse is using Milio's framework for prevention to improve the health of clients. Which of the following would the nurse most likely implement?
a. Create appropriate national health policies
b. Develop health programs that make healthy choices the easiest choices
c. Promote nationwide educational programs with information on making healthy choices
d. Stress that clients are responsible for their own health
ANS: A
The range of available choices is critical in shaping a society's overall health status. Policy decisions in governmental and private organizations shape these choices. Hence, national-level policy making is the best way to impact the health of most Americans rather than continue to concentrate on imparting information in an effort to change individual behaviors.
You might also like to view...
The nurse is examining a patient who is complaining of "feeling cold." Which is a mechanism of heat loss in the body?
a. Exercise b. Radiation c. Metabolism d. Food digestion
A patient approaches the charge nurse and says, "I want to talk to the mental health advocate immediately about getting released." The unit has no patient phone, and agency policy does not permit patients to enter the nurses' station
Select the nurse's best initial action(s). You may select more than one answer. a. Tell the patient, "Get an order from your health care provider to leave the unit to make the call." b. Give the patient a pen and paper to write a note to the advocate. c. Provide the patient with a cell phone to make the call. d. Document the request in the patient's medical record. e. Promptly notify the advocate of the patient's request.
The human resources department has distributed posters with information about workplace violence such as typical profiles of workplace killers, characteristics of disgruntled employees, motivations for violent actions, and factors that contribute to
the problem. This course of action is called: a. risk control. b. threat management. c. violence assessment. d. total quality management.
Federal income guidelines are used primarily
1. To determine financial eligibility for government assistance programs 2. For statistical purposes 3. To identify those with inadequate resources for basic needs 4. To provide guidelines for reform of social programs