An example of secondary prevention when working with the homeless is:
1. Employer incentives
2. Safe sex education
3. Comprehensive case management
4. Soup kitchens
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Employer incentives and safe sex education are primary preventions; comprehensive case man-agement is a tertiary prevention.
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The nurse is caring for a child who has been admitted for a sickle-cell crisis. In order to provide adequate pain management, what should the nurse do initially?
A) Administer NSAIDs as ordered. B) Use guided imagery and therapeutic touch. C) Administer meperidine as ordered. D) Initiate pain assessment with a standardized pain scale.
The nurse caring for a patient with anorexia nervosa who has a BMI of 16.5 kg/m2 recognizes the patient is in which stage of severity?
1. Mild 2. Severe 3. Extreme 4. Moderate
A small rural community is struck by a natural disaster. What is the first thing that the public health nurses should do?
1. Go door-to-door to identify the injured. 2. Notify the American Red Cross. 3. Activate the emergency preparedness plan. 4. Begin triage of victims.
If muscles are not used for a long period of time, as in the case of bed rest, they become wasted and ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).