Developing a community-based exercise program for a group of women who have cardiovascular disease is an example of which of the following levels of prevention as applied to cardiovascular disease?
1. Primary prevention
2. Secondary prevention
3. Tertiary prevention
4. Health promotion
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Tertiary prevention includes those interventions aimed at disability limitation and rehabilitation from disease, injury, or disability.
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The PACU nurse assesses a bluish discoloration around a postoperative client's umbilicus and realizes this finding may indicate:
a. hypoxia. b. intra-abdominal or perineal bleeding. c. a distended bladder. d. respiratory distress.
Calcium is essential for which of the following functions? (Select all that apply.)
1. Blood clotting 2. Neurotransmission 3. Formation of sweat 4. Muscle contraction
A client has experienced a stroke resulting in damage to Wernicke's area. Which clinical manifestation does the nurse monitor for?
a. Inability to comprehend spoken words b. Communication with rote speech only c. Slurred speech d. Inability to make sounds