The most frequent route of exposure to bloodborne disease for health care workers is needlestick injury. The nurse recognizes that implementation of _________________ can prevent needlestick injury

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


safe needle devices
The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act is a federal law that mandates health care facilities to use safe needle devices to reduce the frequency of needlestick injury.

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An infant is diagnosed with fetal anemia. What information would support that clinical diagnosis?

a. Presence of excess maternal hormones b. Maternal blood type O-negative, Rh-negative, and infant blood type O-negative, Rh- negative c. Passive immunity d. Rh-negative mother and Rh-positive baby

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During a well-child visit, the nurse determines the BMI and reviews the food records to evaluate for which of the following?

A) Adequacy of intake C) Risks of obesity B) Progression toward optimal BMI D) Risks of malnutrition

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You have been a staff nurse for 5 years. One of your goals has always been to become more politically involved. Which of your roles has had the least impact on your achieving that goal?

a. Voted and wrote members of congress and state legislators b. Participated as a member of a professional nursing organization c. Ran for a political office and served society as a whole d. Educated patients about their medications before discharge

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You are working with a client who tells you that she periodically awakes at night and recalls dreaming about her experience of sexual abuse. She talks about flashbacks in which she visualizes the abuse and even smells the aftershave of her abuser

She also is having difficulties associating with friends and is isolating. She complains of feeling numb inside. This client is likely suffering from which of the following? a. panic disorder b. phobia c. post-traumatic stress disorder d. obsessive-compulsive disorder

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