The nurse is using the community-as-partner model to complete a community health assessment. Which assessment is completed first?
A) Community core
B) Community subsystems
C) Perceptions about community
D) Degree of reaction
Ans: A
The core of a community is its people—their history, characteristics, values, and beliefs. The first stage of assessing a community, then, is to learn about its people.
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A) Patients who are habitual users of alcohol and tobacco B) Patients who are habitual users of caffeine and other stimulants C) Patients who eat a diet high in spicy foods D) Patients who have gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD)
Which is an example of apomediation?
a. Healthcare providers tell patients not to use Facebook for healthcare advice. b. Healthcare providers direct patients to high-quality information on the web. c. Healthcare providers state that only their web portal should be used by patients. d. Healthcare providers direct patients to websites in which they have a financial interest.
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1. Ecologic study 2. Double-blind study 3. Community trial 4. Screening
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A) remind the adolescent about the consequences of misbehavior. B) stress to the patient that she is in control of the outcome of her care. C) encourage the caregivers to take responsibility for the adolescent. D) reward the patient after several days of successful behavior.