The nurse is aware that there is a legal responsibility to report certain diseases and conditions to county or state health authorities. Which would be included? (Select all that apply.)
a. Tuberculosis
b. Child abuse
c. Industrial accidents
d. Sexually transmitted diseases
e. Food-borne infections
ANS: A, B, D, E
The nurse has a legal responsibility to report communicable diseases (such as tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases), food-borne infections, child abuse, and threats of suicide.
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A) HPV vaccination is recommended for most college-age women. B) Women should undergo Pap smear testing beginning at age 16. C) Women should begin Pap smear testing within 5 years of beginning sexual activity. D) HPV vaccination is only indicated before age 21.
How should the nurse advise parents whose preschooler used to sleep through the night and now awakens at intervals after a short hospitalization?
a. Regressive behavior after a hospitalization is normal and usually short term. b. The child is probably expressing anger. c. Egocentric behavior often manifests itself when the child is left alone to sleep. d. The child is probably feeling pain and needs further evaluation.
If a nurse is focusing on prevention and establishing a public health intervention for an illness by following the natural history of a disease, he or she is
A. Making sure that everyone in a certain area receives treatment B. Studying the biological components of the disease C. Looking at medical trends of clients who have had the disease D. Going to the autopsies of the patients who have died
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