The Intervention Model identifies 17 public health interventions. A nurse who is involved in identifying individuals with unrecognized health risk factors or asymptomatic disease is using which of the following interventions?
1. Screening
2. Referral and follow-up
3. Surveillance
4. Health teaching
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Screening involves identifying individuals with unrecognized health risk factors or asymptomatic disease.
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The telephone triage nurse receives a call from a parent who states that her 18-month-old is making a crowing sound when he breathes and is hard to wake up. Which is the nurse's priority action?
1. Advise the parent to hang up and call 911. 2. Reassure the parent and provide instructions on home care for the child. 3. Instruct the parent to make an appointment for the child to see the health care provider. 4. Obtain the history of the illness from the parent.
Which of these conditions can occur if a pleural effusion is left untreated?
a. atelectasis c. pleurisy b. empyema d. pulmonary edema
A nurse is caring for a client who has been prescribed disulfiram (Antabuse) as a deterrent to alcohol relapse. Which information should the nurse include when teaching the client about this medication?
A. "Only oral ingestion of alcohol will cause a reaction when taking this drug." B. "It is safe to drink beverages that have only 12% alcohol content." C. "This medication will decrease your cravings for alcohol." D. "Reactions to combining Antabuse with alcohol can occur for as long as 2 weeks after stopping the drug."
Which of the following data is collected by the U.S. Department of Commerce?
a. Health of businesses in America b. Locations of all hospitals and clinics c. Property values in each county and state d. Growth in areas of the country