Evidence-based public health is:
a. An integration of the best available nursing expertise
b. Derived from community principles to fit the area where it is practiced
c. A health endeavor that makes informed use of evidence
d. Comprised of only public health records
C
Evidence-based public health is a health endeavor that makes informed use of evidence.
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When he feels better he asks the nurse why using the paper bag helped him. What is the nurse's best response? "Breathing into the paper bag allowed you to a. Rebreathe carbon dioxide to correct respiratory alkalosis" b. Reduce carbon dioxide to correct respiratory acidosis" c. Rebreathe carbon dioxide to correct metabolic alkalosis" d. Reduce carbon dioxide to correct metabolic acidosis"
A nurse educator is teaching a group of new graduate nurses about how to correctly apply restraints. The nurse educator recognizes that further instruction is warranted when a new graduate nurse states:
1. "I should never use restraints on a patient." 2. "I should tie restraints in a quick-release knot." 3. "I should not use restraints for the convenience of the staff." 4. "I should be able to insert three fingers between the patient's body and the restraint."
Toward the end of the first stage of labor, a pudendal block is administered transvaginally. What will the nurse anticipate the client's care will include?
1. Monitoring for hypotension every 15 minutes 2. Monitoring FHR every 15 minutes 3. Monitoring for bladder distention 4. No additional assessments
All nurses should be involved in developing health-care policy. Which of the following is an example of this?
A. Becoming involved with a collective bar-gaining group B. Aligning closely with a specific legislator interested in policy making C. Spearheading a health curriculum change in public education D. Attending political group meetings where solutions for health-care issues are deter-mined