When the home health nurse assists the older adult patient with rearranging furniture within the home to prevent the patient from falling, the nurse is demonstrating
a. health promotion.
b. health protection.
c. health prevention.
d. disease prevention.
B
The overarching goals are to attain high-quality, long lives free of preventable disease, disability, and injury; to eliminate disparities; create social and physical environments that promote health; and optimize quality of life across the life span. Health protection targets five areas including unintentional injury. Rearranging furniture to prevent falls is a health protection activity.
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a. Measure output b. Increase fluid intake c. Assess for hypokalemia d. Assess for hypernatremia
Which activities would be a responsibility of local health departments? (Select all that apply.)
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The vaginal discharge after birth is called ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).