A nurse works with a group of abused women to enhance their levels of self-esteem. Which of the following levels of prevention is being performed?
a. Primary level of prevention
b. Secondary level of prevention
c. Tertiary level of prevention
d. Health promotion
ANS: C
Tertiary prevention includes those interventions aimed at disability limitation and rehabilitation from disease, injury, or disability. Primary prevention aims to prevent disease and illness before it occurs. Secondary prevention focuses on screening and early detection. Health promotion is not a level of prevention.
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A nurse manager is leading an education session regarding disaster triage for emergency department nurses. Which statement should the manager include in this instruction?
1. "Follow your current triage system." 2. "Your triage system will be reversed during a disaster." 3. "Triage is not necessary during disasters." 4. "Your triage system will basically be first-come, first-served."
A male nurse is preparing to perform a neurologic examination on a patient. Which ethnic group would consider this examination as impolite?
A) Jewish B) Asian American C) Islamic D) African American
In designing programs through your institution to address the health needs of Hispanics in your community, you most likely would develop programs related to:
a. Diabetes. b. Cardiovascular disease. c. Cancer. d. Asthma.
A woman presents to the prenatal clinic at 30 weeks' gestation reporting dysuria, frequency, and urgency with urination. Appropriate nursing actions include:
a. Obtain clean-catch urine to assess for a possible urinary tract infection.b. Reassure the woman that the signs are normal urinary changes in the third trimester.c. Teach the woman to decrease fluid intake to manage these symptoms.d. Perform a Leopold's maneuver to assess fetal position and station.