Which of the following is the best explanation of how nurses in community-based settings use assessment?
A) As a dynamic, ongoing process to collecting information, recognize changes, analyze needs, and plan care
B) For ongoing monitoring of acute conditions, and as an essential component in ensuring continuity with discharge planning
C) As a method to determine pathology
D) As a tool to identify environmental factors that may enhance or impair the individual's health status.
A
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The nurse is assessing a client. Which data are considered data from a primary source?
a. The client's spouse tells the nurse the client seems upset. b. The client reports right lower quadrant pain. c. The physician describes the client as being overanxious. d. The lab report shows an elevated white cell count.
A mother is concerned that her 2-year-old child is having seizures when he holds his breath until he passes out when he wants something his mother does not want him to have. What should the nurse respond to this mother's concern?
A) Seizures rarely occur in toddlers. B) With seizures, cyanosis rarely develops. C) Seizures are not provoked; temper tantrums are. D) Seizures typically occur with fever; temper tantrums do not.
One reason that increasing fruit and vegetable consumption helps decrease dietary fat intake is because fruits and vegetables
a. are natural appetite suppressants. b. displace high-fat foods from the diet. c. are rich in antioxidants and phytochemi-cals. d. decrease absorption of fat from foods.
A nurse is reviewing goals from the Rural Health People 2010 program in anticipation of setting goals for the next decade. Which of the following is not one of the goals identified in Rural Healthy People 2010?
A. Increasing access to health care B. Reducing rates of diabetes C. Increasing oral health D. Reducing cancer rates