According to Leavell and Clark, primary prevention consists of two components. They are:
1. Health promotion and rehabilitation
2. Health promotion and specific protection
3. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment
4. Health maintenance and early diagnosis
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Leavell and Clark stated that primary prevention includes health promotion and specific protec-tion.
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When providing culturally competent care, nurses must incorporate cultural assessments into their health assessments. Which statement is most appropriate to use when initiating an assessment of cultural beliefs with an older American-Indian patient?
a. "Are you of the Christian faith?" b. "Do you want to see a medicine man?" c. "How often do you seek help from medical providers?" d. "What cultural or spiritual beliefs are important to you?"
Nurses implement therapeutic immobilization for patients to achieve which result?
a. Reducing pain b. Restraining an unstable patient in bed c. Increasing active movement of the body d. Strengthening joints and muscles
After an infection control in-service, which statement by the nurse demonstrates an accurate understanding of the mode of transmission of influenza?
a. "I will not develop the infection unless I have physical contact with the client." b. "I should wear an N95 respirator to pro-vide care for the client with influenza." c. "I should try to stay at least 3 feet away from the client, if at all possible." d. "The infection is spread through droplets suspended in the air and inhaled."
Clubbing of the nailbeds in the fingers would be a clinical finding on which patient?
1. A child with cystic fibrosis 2. A child with croup 3. A child with respiratory distress syndrome 4. A child with RSV