Primary health care is incorporated into five major principles. Which of the following apply?
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Correct Answer: false
Rationale : Primary health care is defined as essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound, and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community. Primary health care incorporates five principles: equitable distribution, appropriate technology, focus on health promotion and disease prevention, community participation, and a multisectoral approach.
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a. pH 7.3, PaCO2 36 mm Hg, HCO3– 19 mEq/L b. pH 7.5, PaCO2 35 mm Hg, HCO3– 35 mEq/L c. pH 7.3, PaCO2 47 mm Hg, HCO3– 23 mEq/L d. pH 7.35, PaCO2 40 mm Hg, HCO3– 25 mEq/L
When an individual is challenged to look at their ways of knowing and to consider other possible ways of knowing and thinking it is called:
a. world view. b. contested knowledge. c. knowledge system. d. cultural sensitivity.
Over the course of treatment for chronic asthma, a client develops an allergy to the propellants in rapid-acting metered-dose inhalers (MDI). What option would the nurse expect to be used to address this problem after discharge?
1. Oral medication of the same class as the metered-dose inhaler 2. Nebulizer treatments 3. A concentrated-dose metered-dose inhaler 4. A dry powder inhaler (DPI)
Most health care facilities encourage staff to use mouth-to-mouth ventilation to treat patients who are in respiratory arrest.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)